Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 20:49:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Barry Masterson <jbarrm@panix.com> To: Brett Glass <Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Console messages Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960415204318.26890A-100000@panix.com> In-Reply-To: <9603158295.AA829596515@ccgate.infoworld.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, 14 Apr 1996, Brett Glass wrote: > When I'm working at the system console under FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE, kernel > messages pop up on the screen and interrupt my work. Is there a way to > direct these messages to a single virtual console (The kernel is built for > four right now) rather than to whichever virtual console I'm working on? > This way, I could switch to one of the virtual consoles (say, ttyv0) to see > the messages, but would not be interrupted when I was working in > another.... > > --Brett Glass > The file you need to work on is /etc/syslog.conf *.err;kern.debug;mail.crit;*.crit /dev/console *.notice;kern.debug;lpr,auth.info;mail.crit /var/log/messages mail.info /var/log/maillog lpr.info /var/log/lpd-errs cron.* /var/cron/log *.err /dev/ttyv6 *.notice;auth.debug /dev/ttyv6 *.alert /dev/ttyv6 *.emerg * ftp.info /var/log/ftpd Choose your tty, and place it in the syslog.conf file. I think thats all there is to it. Some of those kernel messages may be helpful though. Barry Masterson jbarrm@panix.com >--->--->--->--->---> FreeBSD 2.1.0 <---<---<---<---<---<
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.SUN.3.91.960415204318.26890A-100000>