8.6.8 Error messages on the console screen
In order to quiet on-screen error messages, the first place to check is
/etc/init.d/klogd. Set KLOGD="-c
3" in this script and run /etc/init.d/klogd
restart. An alternative method is to run dmesg
-n3.
Here error levels mean:
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0: KERN_EMERG, system is unusable
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1: KERN_ALERT, action must be taken immediately
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2: KERN_CRIT, critical conditions
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3: KERN_ERR, error conditions
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4: KERN_WARNING, warning conditions
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5: KERN_NOTICE, normal but significant condition
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6: KERN_INFO, informational
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7: KERN_DEBUG, debug-level messages
If one particular useless error message bothers you a lot, consider making a
trivial kernel patch like shutup-abit-bp6 (available in the
examples subdirectory).
Another place to look may be /etc/syslog.conf; check to see
whether any messages are logged to a console device.
