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Expand Up @@ -80,22 +80,31 @@ Ubuntu - <kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>ALT</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd>
From there, you can enter the following commands:

```bash
cd ~/
mkdir ~/system76
journalctl > ~/system76/journal.log
dmesg > ~/system76/dmesg.log
cp ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log ~/system76/Xorg.0.log 2> /dev/null
sudo dmidecode > ~/system76/dmidecode
sudo lspci -vv > ~/system76/lspci.log
sudo lsusb -vv > ~/system76/lsusb.log
cat << "EOF" > make-logs.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo "Creating Logs"
mkdir -p ~/system76/apt
cp -r /etc/apt ~/system76/apt
mkdir -p ~/system76/apt/logs
cp -r /var/log/apt ~/system76/apt/logs
journalctl --since="4 days ago" > ~/system76/journal.log
sudo dmesg > ~/system76/dmesg.log
cp ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log ~/system76/Xorg.0.log 2>/dev/null
sudo dmidecode > ~/system76/dmidecode 2>/dev/null
sudo lspci -vv > ~/system76/lspci.log 2>/dev/null
sudo lsusb -vv > ~/system76/lsusb.log 2>/dev/null
uname -a > ~/system76/uname.log
cp /etc/os-release ~/system76/os-release
lsblk -f > ~/system76/lsblk.log
df -h > ~/system76/df.log
cp /etc/fstab ~/system76/fstab.log
tar czf system76-log.tgz ~/system76/*
rm ~/system76/*
rmdir ~/system76
df -h / > ~/system76/df
lsblk -f > ~/system76/lsblk
cp /etc/fstab ~/system76/fstab 2>/dev/null
cp /etc/os-release ~/system76/os-release 2>/dev/null
upower -d > ~/system76/upower
[ -f /usr/bin/sensors ] && sensors > ~/system76/sensors.log
tar cvzf ~/system76-log.tgz ~/system76/
rm -rf ~/system76/
rm make-logs.sh
EOF
bash make-logs.sh
```

As with the <u>System76 Driver</u> application, the log files will be stored within your home directory.
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