> No, I'm using initscripts, and it does quiet down when I use the kernel > command line parameter as explained in there, but I was wondering how > default Arch kernel is doing it without the command line parameter. It's a patch: % grep -R loglevel /var/abs/core/linux /var/abs/core/linux/change-default-console-loglevel.patch: #define MINIMUM_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL 1 /* Minimum loglevel we let people use */ /var/abs/core/linux/PKGBUILD: 'change-default-console-loglevel.patch' /var/abs/core/linux/PKGBUILD: patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/change-default-console-loglevel.patch" Download the package via ABS and examine it for yourself :) Greetings, Christoph