On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:42:17AM -0700, stan wrote: > On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:25:08 -0600 > "Ryan O'Hara" <rohara@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Those messages on the console (with the timestamp) are from > > dmesg. These are visible on the console in F14 because rc.sysinit no > > longer sets the dmesg logging level, thus all messages from dmesg end > > up being written to the console. See dmesg(1) for more > > information. If you have an older Fedora machine handy you can look at > > rc.sysinit where you will find the following: > > > > Fix console loglevel > > if [ -# n "$LOGLEVEL" ]; then > > /bin/dmesg -n $LOGLEVEL > > fi > > > > This is missing from F14. > > > > I'm of the opinion that this should be fixed. Printing dmesg messages > > to the console by default is too much. > > > > I was able to get things back to normal by adding 'dmesg -n 3' to > > rc.sysinit. If there is a better way, please let me know. Also, if > > there is a compelling reason that this was removed from F14, I'd be > > interested to know what that reason is. > > Thank you for posting this. Happy to help. > I used the above with an else in case $LOGLEVEL wasn't defined. I > assume that is the reason it was dropped, but if it still exists, I'll > use it. I believe $LOGLEVEL was defined in /etc/sysconfig/init, but I am not completely sure. That file still exists on F14, but LOGLEVEL is no longer defined, as you found out. > #Fix console loglevel > if [ -# n "$LOGLEVEL" ]; then > /bin/dmesg -n $LOGLEVEL > else > /bin/dmesg -n 3 > fi That will work. I still don't understand why it was removed. Hoping someone can enlighten me. Ryan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
