Suse - Installation logs

All the informations relative top the installation procedure can be viewed checking Yast2's logs, which include all the activities made with Yast from installation to later general administration.
/var/log/YaST2/y2log stores detailed info about every Yest2 settings.
/var/log/YaST2/y2loggrub gives info on the grub installation commands.
/var/log/YaST2/y2logRPM contains info about the installed packages.

vagante:/root# cat /var/log/YaST2/y2loggrub
    GNU GRUB  version 0.94  (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)
[...]
grub> root (hd0,8)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> install  --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0,8) /boot/grub/stage2 0x8000 (hd0,8)/boot/grub/menu.lst
This is the command used to install grub on the system (here on the boot sector of /dev/hda9). Useful to reinstall it on a damaged or modified boot block
grub> quit

vagante:/root# cat /var/log/YaST2/y2logRPM
suse-release-9.1-0.i586.rpm installed ok
yast2-trans-en_US-2.9.5-5.noarch.rpm installed ok
kdeartwork3-sound-3.2.1-53.i586.rpm installed ok
[...]
Here you find the full list of installed packages, with some notes on their operations.
lirc-0.7.0cvs20040308-30.i586.rpm installed ok
Additional rpm output:
Updating etc/sysconfig/lirc...
[...]
logrotate-3.7-31.i586.rpm installed ok
lbreakout-2.4.1-247.i586.rpm installed ok
Additional rpm output:
Starting SuSEconfig, the SuSE Configuration Tool...
Running module permissions only
Reading /etc/sysconfig and updating the system...
Executing /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.permissions...
Checking permissions and ownerships - using the permissions files
        /etc/permissions.d/cups-client
        /etc/permissions.d/kdebase3
        /etc/permissions.d/kdelibs3
        /etc/permissions.d/postfix
        /etc/permissions
        /etc/permissions.easy
        /etc/permissions.local
setting /opt/kde3/bin/fileshareset to root:root 4755. (wrong permissions 0755)
setting /opt/kde3/bin/kgrantpty to root:root 4755. (wrong permissions 0755)
setting /etc/crontab to root:root 0644. (wrong permissions 0600)
setting /etc/ssh/sshd_config to root:root 0644. (wrong permissions 0640)
setting /etc/syslog.conf to root:root 0644. (wrong permissions 0600)
setting /usr/bin/at to root:trusted 4755. (wrong permissions 4750)
setting /usr/bin/crontab to root:trusted 4755. (wrong permissions 4750)
setting /usr/bin/ziptool to root:trusted 4755. (wrong permissions 4750)
setting /bin/eject to root:audio 4755. (wrong permissions 4750)
setting /var/log/lastlog to root:tty 0644. (wrong owner/group root:root)
setting /usr/X11R6/bin/v4l-conf to root:video 4755. (wrong permissions 4750)
setting /sbin/cardctl to root:trusted 4755. (wrong permissions 4750)
setting /usr/X11R6/bin/dga to root:root 4755. (wrong permissions 0755)
setting /usr/bin/wall to root:tty 2755. (wrong permissions 0755)
setting /usr/bin/write to root:tty 2755. (wrong permissions 0755)
setting /usr/sbin/mgnokiidev to root:uucp 4755. (wrong permissions 0755)
setting /usr/lib/mc/cons.saver to root:root 4755. (wrong permissions 0755)
setting /opt/kde3/bin/artswrapper to root:root 4755. (wrong permissions 0755)
setting /opt/kde3/bin/khc_indexbuilder to root:man 2755. (wrong permissions 0755)
setting /opt/kde3/bin/kpac_dhcp_helper to root:root 4755. (wrong permissions 0755)
setting /usr/games/lbreakout2 to games:games 2755. (wrong permissions 0755)
Finished.

pwlib-plugins-alsa-1.6.5-8.i586.rpm installed ok
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