hi use KERN_EMERG in printk... printk(KERN_EMERG "Hi there!\n"); this will cause it to print it on screen. changing the console loglevel will cause printk to dump to screen... may not be the best idea. KERN_EMERG by default logs to screen -rahul On 6/16/05, Gaurav Dhiman <gaurav4lkg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 6/16/05, Arlen Nascimento <arlen.nascimento@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Does anybody know how do I print 'printk()' output to console without > > changing syslog configuration? > > e.g.: each 5 seconds print 'i'm here' > > Read the 4th chapter of LDD : http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/ch04.html > > Well you can get all the kernel messages printed by printk, by > changing the console loglevel, you can do that by > > # echo 8 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk > > regards, > - Gaurav > > > > > > > -- > > Arlen Nascimento > > > > -- > > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > > > > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
