Probably a bit late for you but perhaps useful as a reference for others/future occasions. If I'm not mistaken switching to another console should solve this, messages are by default logged to the first console. Regards Bram > Mazda Motor Logistics Europe NV, Blaasveldstraat 162, B-2830 Willebroek VAT BE 0406.024.281, RPR Mechelen, ING 310-0092504-52, IBAN : BE64 3100 0925 0452, SWIFT : BBRUBEBB -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of m.roth2006@xxxxxxx > Sent: maandag 26 januari 2009 16:08 > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Console problem > > Ok, I come in a few minutes ago, and go to log into one server. Um, > nope, no response to putty. So I pull up a VMware infrastructure > client, which gets me to a real console... and a problem I've seen > before: I want to log in, but as I try, the console log overwrites > *everything*, and apparently interferes with my login. Is there any > "easy" way to actually log in, without, say, rebooting? > > mark > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list