On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 07:03:50PM +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > 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 > >> > "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?
OK. Look in /etc/syslog.conf. (at the lines that don't start with "#"). Now, ignore the lines that put messages in files in /var/log, e.g. *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog In my file, I see two sections that may be of interest: *.emerg * This sends all messages of level emerg to all terminals. Plugging in a drive should be an emergency. This should be set in /etc/udev/udev.conf: # udev.conf # The initial syslog(3) priority: "err", "info", "debug" or its # numerical equivalent. For runtime debugging, the daemons internal # state can be changed with: "udevcontrol log_priority=<value>". udev_log="err" Then there's a section that links into the xconsole program, if you run it. I never have. Are you getting this message on all terminals or just on VT1 (which is normally considered the console)? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
