Re: kernel messages in active virtual console

[Chris <nws@cevnet.mine.nu>]

On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 22:47, Serge Tensen wrote: 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using a very default Debian 3.0r2 system. Every time something happens 
> with my NIC's (plug 'em in and out a hub) this generates a message in the 
> active virtual console. In /var/log/messages these messages are said to come 
> from the kernel. How do I get those messages from my consoles?
> I tried /etc/syslog.conf, kill klogd, read doc's and man pages but I can't 
> find the cause. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Debian-reference:
http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-tips.en.html#s8.6.8

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8.6.8 Error messages on the console screen
In order to quiet on-screen error messages, the first place to check is
/etc/init.d/klogd. Set KLOGD="-c 3" in this script and run
/etc/init.d/klogd restart. An alternative method is to run dmesg -n3.

Here error levels mean:

      * 0: KERN_EMERG, system is unusable 
      * 1: KERN_ALERT, action must be taken immediately 
      * 2: KERN_CRIT, critical conditions 
      * 3: KERN_ERR, error conditions 
      * 4: KERN_WARNING, warning conditions 
      * 5: KERN_NOTICE, normal but significant condition 
      * 6: KERN_INFO, informational 
      * 7: KERN_DEBUG, debug-level messages
If one particular useless error message bothers you a lot, consider
making a trivial kernel patch like shutup-abit-bp6 (available in the
examples subdirectory).

Another place to look may be /etc/syslog.conf; check to see whether any
messages are logged to a console device.

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