On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:29:27AM -0800, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 11/15/2010 09:42 AM, 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. > > > > I used the above with an else in case $LOGLEVEL wasn't defined. I > > assume that is the reason it was dropped, but if it still exists, I'll > > use it. > > > > #Fix console loglevel > > if [ -# n "$LOGLEVEL" ]; then > > /bin/dmesg -n $LOGLEVEL > > else > > /bin/dmesg -n 3 > > fi > > Uh, the F13 version actually reads: > > # Fix console loglevel > if [ -n "$LOGLEVEL" ]; then > /bin/dmesg -n $LOGLEVEL > fi > > "if [ -# n "$LOGLEVEL" ]; then" is incorrect and will probably make the > shell mark the line as an error. Sorry. That error originated in my post. Assuming cut-and-paste error on my part. Thanks for catching this. 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
