In /etc/syslog.conf, following line is commented out by default: #kern.* /dev/console removing the #, should start logging messages to console. Regards Mohanlal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Hudec" <bulb@ucw.cz> To: "Dhiman, Gaurav" <Gaurav.Dhiman@ca.com> Cc: "manish regmi" <manish_regmi@hotmail.com>; <so_usp@yahoo.com.br>; <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 3:15 PM Subject: Re: KERN_ALERT doesn´t work -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/