From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: whitnl73@juno.com Subject: Re: send messages to console Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:42:42 -0500 (EST) Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20031211.104424.8.0.whitnl73@juno.com> References: <200312111354.hBBDsWf04822@smtp.sunflower.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200312111354.hBBDsWf04822@smtp.sunflower.com> List-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: rspr@sunflower.com Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 rspr@sunflower.com wrote: > Lawson, > > I recall you telling us how to send all [kernel?] messages to the console, > so that when you do left alt+f8 if I recall correctly, would provide > you with a lot of real-time information. > > Would you refresh my memory? What do I need to write, and where? > > I am running Debian 3, rel. 2 on a Dell Latitude LM laptop with a Pentium, 8 gb hdd, and 74 Mb RAM. > - Where is /etc/syslog.conf (described in man syslog.conf). Here is what I use to catch all syslog messages on tty12, and pppd/chat traffic on tty11: *.* /dev/tty12 daemon,local2.* /dev/tty11 daemon,local2.* /var/log/ppp # to catch only kernel messages to tty8: kern.* /dev/tty8 Probably the file /etc/syslog.conf has some examples too if you can't make sense of the man page or don't have it handy. Lawson -- ---oops--- ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs