On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: > > I am using Debian wheezy i386 with an Nvidia video card and the default > nouveau driver. Everytime I switch back and forth between the X console > (tty7) and a text console (such as tty1), tty1 gets spammed with messages > like this: > > [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder (output 0) > [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder (output 0) > [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Output VGA-1 is running on CRTC 0 using output A > > I assume that mode 3 is graphics mode (X server) and mode 0 is text mode > (frame buffer simulated text console). > > Similar messages occur if I stay in a text console long enough for the > power management feature to turn off the display and then I re-activate the > display again (such as by pressing the Shift key by itself). Apparently, > when power management kicks in, I get dmps mode 1; and when I re-activate > the console it switches back to dpms mode 0. I do not get these results > on another computer which uses the Nvidia proprietary driver (nvidia), > nor did I get such results using this computer back when I used > the older free nvidia driver (nv), which has since been dropped from the > distribution. > > I consider these messages to be noise messages and I wish to suppress them. > I don't mind if they are written to the kernel log, but I don't ever want to > see them written to the console itself (except maybe during boot). > > I tried searching the internet, but I didn't find anything useful. Is there > a way to suppress these messages without suppressing true error messages? > Maybe there's a module option that I can set in /etc/modprobe.d/local.conf, > or something along those lines? Any help will be appreciated.
Isn't this a "/proc/sys/kernel/printk" issue? You can set "kernel.printk = 3 4 1 3" in "/etc/sysctl.conf". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=szywez1fho6ypgaba9jhjkcse+kcadqcfmt5fap+ep...@mail.gmail.com
