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From: "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@sc.rr.com>
To: Jason <kib@mediaone.net>
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Subject: Re: watchdog timeout messages
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You can temporarily disable kernel messages being logged to the
console by editing /etc/syslog.conf, and changing the entry that
refers to /dev/console:

*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit		/dev/console
           ^^^^^
Change this to 'none', i.e.:

*.err;kern.none;auth.notice;mail.crit		/dev/console

Then, kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog.pid`

(Don't forget to change it back after you get through troubleshooting)

On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 09:56:38AM -0800, Jason wrote:
> Is there any way to supress these system messages so I can troubleshoot.
> These messages come in at such a rateee I cant accomplish anything because
> it overwirtes anything I have dsplayed onm the screen
> 
> I read the archives and know that the messages are due to either cable
> cabling or irq conflicts.  I know the cable is good becaue I it was running
> just fine for months before now and I swapped the cable with a store bought
> one to be sure.  The problem came when I was troubleshoting with my ISP to
> filter out MAC addresses other than the one I had.  I had to remove the card
> and in the process may have messed up the irq assignments process.  I belive
> I placed it back in the same slot but unsure.
> 
> I noted there are two devices using IRQ 10...dc0 and an unknown pci0 card
> which I can only guess is my western digital video card but I am not certain
> on that.  I only have the two PCI devices and no ISA ones installed.
> 
> Can anyone assist here....with these messages scrolling across my screen
> like this it is near impossible to do a simple read of /var/log/messages
> 
> Thanks
> 
> and thanks to dmaddox who was greatly helpful up until I wore out my welcome
> with him.  Sorry for missing that one email....I still can't locate the one
> you were talking about.
> 
> 
> 
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