On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 06:54:26PM +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Every time I log out my Gnome X environment (Debian Etch), after a few >> seconds >> the following message appears: >> >> NET: Registered protocol family 10 >> lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions >> IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver >> >> . I wonder what it means, and above all I wish to eliminate it! Googling >> around gave no help. Can anybody help?
"Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > These are kernel messages being posted to the terminal. Do you get > other kernel messages (e.g. like when you plug in a USB device)? > > See the top of /etc/sysctl.conf Rodolfo: >> Thanks, this worked: in /etc/sysctl.conf I uncommented the line: >> >> kernel.printk = 4 4 1 7 >> >> so to stop low-level messages on console, and that bothering message did not >> appear any more. But still, when I plug in my usb pendrive, the following >> message appears: >> >> sda: assuming drive cache: write through >> >> . How can I avoid this as well, and all undesired kernel messages? Douglas: > Is the kernel putting that there, or is syslog? Check your syslog > setup, perhaps change the default message level that it spits out. > There are somethings that you want to appear on __the_system_console__ > but not necessarily on every VT. Syslog configs should allow you to > tweak this. I tried to edit /etc/syslog.conf but with no result: too difficult for me. Any more precise indication of how to edit it so to tweak the messages appearing on console? Thanks Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
