Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 21:25:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Branson Matheson <branson@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov> To: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com (Brett Glass) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: Console messages Message-ID: <199604160125.VAA29760@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: <9603158295.AA829596515@ccgate.infoworld.com> from "Brett Glass" at Apr 14, 96 05:19:03 pm
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> > 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.... Hmm .. yes but there are a couple of things that you need to be aware of.. look in /etc/syslog.conf. You will notice that some things goto the console like: *.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console and that some things goto whom-ever is logged in as root like: *.err root *.notice;auth.debug root *.alert root So if you are not loggin in a root, the messages should be going to the console... which _should_ only be ttyv0 .. if it is also going to the rest of the "consoles" then you probably have another problem. Read the syslog.conf manpage and make the changes necessary. Don;'t forget to "kick" syslogd with: kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog.pid` -branson PS I have included my syslog.conf... I log every thing seperately, and you may find it useful. Especially if your machine becomes a centrally logging host. ( which is very useful ;-) # # syslog configuration file. # # *.err;kern.notice;user.none /dev/console *.alert;kern.err;daemon.err;user.none operator *.alert;user.none root *.emerg;user.none * auth.debug /var/log/auth cron.debug /var/log/cron daemon.debug /var/log/daemon kern.debug /var/log/kern local0.debug /var/log/local0 local1.debug /var/log/local1 local2.debug /var/log/local2 local3.debug /var/log/local3 local4.debug /var/log/local4 local5.debug /var/log/local5 local6.debug /var/log/local6 local7.debug /var/log/local7 lpr.debug /var/log/lpr mail.debug /var/log/mail news.debug /var/log/news user.debug /var/log/user uucp.debug /var/log/uucp mark.debug /var/log/mark *.debug;auth.none;cron.none;daemon.none;kern.none;local0.none;local1.none;local2.none;local3.none;local4.none;local5.none;local6.none;local7.none;lpr.none;mail.none;news.none;user.none;uucp.none /var/log/other -- ======================================================================== branson matheson | branson@widomaker.com Ferguson SysAdmin | http://widomaker.com/~branson
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