---
name: "bootchartd.conf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bootchart"
version: "0.9-4"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bootchartd.conf"
---

# bootchartd.conf(1)

configuration file for bootchartd

## NAME

bootchartd.conf - configuration file for **bootchartd**

## SYNOPSIS

**/etc/bootchartd.conf**

## DESCRIPTION

**bootchartd.conf** contains configuration options for the **bootchartd** logger.  The available options:

- *TMPFS\_SIZE*

  If the root file system is not writable at startup, **bootchartd** mounts a hidden temporary file system in /mnt to store its log files. This options controls the size of this file system. default: 32m

- *SAMPLE\_PERIOD*

  Sampling period, in seconds. default: 0.2

- *PROCESS\_ACCOUNTING*

  Whether to utilize BSD process accounting for a more accurate process tree.  Note that the kernel needs to be configured to include CONFIG\_BSD\_PROCESS\_ACCT\_V3.  **[accton(8)](/accton/8.md)** from the GNU accounting utilities is also required. default: no

- *BOOTLOG\_DEST*

  Log file tarball destination. default: /var/log/bootchart.tgz

- *AUTO\_RENDER*

  Whether to automatically generate the boot chart once the boot logger completes.  The boot chart will be generated in AUTO\_RENDER\_DIR. default: no

- *AUTO\_RENDER\_FORMAT*

  Image format to use for the auto-generated boot chart (choose between png, svg and eps). default: png

- *AUTO\_RENDER\_DIR*

  Output directory for auto-generated boot charts. default: /var/log

## SEE ALSO

**[bootchartd(1)](/bootchartd/1.md),**

## AUTHOR

bootchart was written by Ziga Mahkovec \<ziga.mahkovec@klika.si\>.

This manual page was written by Jörg Sommer \<joerg@alea.gnuu.de\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).