Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 03:20:55 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/37465: Handbook needs new section Message-ID: <20020426002055.GD29309@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <p05100333b8ee2481dfce@[192.168.254.205]> References: <200204252013.g3PKDUt64600@freefall.freebsd.org> <p05100333b8ee2481dfce@[192.168.254.205]>
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On 2002-04-25 14:35, Rich Morin wrote:
> On the sparse occasions when I use the server's own keyboard and monitor,
> I am continuously annoyed by system error messages. Hitting ALT-F[1-6]
> does nothing to eliminate these, so I generally remove myself to my
> own desktop machine and do my administration from there. Is there a way
> to tell the system error messages to go only to the ALT-F1 screen?
Edit your syslog.conf :-P
If it's the default syslog.conf of FreeBSD, it will include this:
$ grep dev/console /usr/src/etc/syslog.conf
*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console
You want to remove (or comment) that line.
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
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