Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 13:01:29 +0200 (MET DST) From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> To: moos@degnet.baynet.de Cc: keithl@gil.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: messages mess up display Message-ID: <199609301101.NAA05705@gluon.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> In-Reply-To: <324FBA97.1834@degnet.baynet.de> from Darius Moos at "30. Sep. 96 11:20:00"
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> Don't know how to suppress this messages but if you are using vi > for editing files, simply hit CTRL-L to redisplay the current screen. > > Darius Moos. > > > 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? Check the man pages of syslogd(8) and syslog.conf(5). You can edit /etc/syslog.conf to log only important messages (kernel error, etc.) to root and/or console. Hope this helps, Robert > > keithl@gil.net > > ps. I have tried compiling the kernel without the system V message option This is something completely different. (It's interprocess communication) -- Robert Eckardt ( Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Inst.f.Theor.Physik, NB6/169 ) Universitaetsstrasse 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany ----X---8---- Telefon: +49 234 700-3709, Telefax: +49 234 7094-574 8 E-Mail: RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de --------8---- URL: http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte >>> To be successful one needs friends, <<< >>> To be very successful one needs enemies. <<<
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