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From: Joao Daniel Togni <jdt@genesis.ximango.com.br>
To: Keith Leonard <keithl@gil.net>
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Subject: Re: messages mess up display
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On Sun, 29 Sep 1996, Keith Leonard wrote:

> Howdy,
> I am probably asking a stupid question but - after a lot of work I have
> 2.1.5 working on my machine (486DX4 with 32megs ram and a 824 meg HD). I
> love it (once I caught on to the rationale), however no matter how I log
> on (root or keithl (wheel group)) I keep getting these anoying (sp?)
> messages about loggings and changes , etc. poping up on the display, which
> of course messes up the file (visually) that I'm working on. I realize to
> get rid of it (on the screen) I just need to cursor past the message and
> back to where I was - BUT PLEEEEASE.....
> 
> Any way to disable this message thingee?
	Try edditing /etc/syslog.conf and disable messages for the root 
(you are using root).
> 

Daniel