Logs and Logging, (Oct 2003)

System logs are in multiple places.
cd ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/ See logs from user app crashes. Filename is the app.
cd /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/ See logs from user app crashes
run /sbin/dmesg See the boot messages from before syslogd starts
vi /var/logs/system.log See the syslogd output

  1. To have a crash log shown automatically, instead of "Unexpectedly quit" dialog, type this (Panther onwards):
    defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType crashreport

  2. To turn that off, type this (Panther onwards):
    defaults delete com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType