Perhaps you want to be using a terminal window, not a console, for command-line activities. I know the distinction may come as a surprise, but terminals will give you the peace you seek. I never open console windows (well, almost never). M On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 09:05, Janina Sajka wrote: > Am I the only person who's sick and tired of all manner of error > messages that are being splattered across all open console logins just > because some programmer wants to do that? > > Example: Is it really necessary for ordinary users to get the following > from cdparanoia: > > cdparanoia: Using deprecated /dev/sg mechanism instead of SG_IO on the actual device will also suggest you mig > > > As if the ordinary user (who, in my instance didn't even launch the > process) could do anything about such a condition. Heck, I'd warrant > most users wouldn't even understand it. Yet, in this example, this > messages comes up every minute or so. > > I could come up with other examples, but I think my point is > sufficiently illustrated. > > Clearly such messages should go to logs. But, isn't this broadcast > abuse? I think so and dearly wish we had a mechanism to block such > abuse. > > Janina >
