stop kernel messages from splashing on the console

[Anders Karlsson]

* Vikram Goyal <vikigoyal at gmail.com> [20080729 12:21]:
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 09:54:21AM +0100, Christopher Mocock wrote:
> > Vikram Goyal wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am getting these kernel messages on the consoles which I want to avoid
> >> as many times I have to login through them as the system runs in level
> >> 3.
> >>
> >> I have edited the /etc/syslog.conf as:
> >
> > I believe the relevant config file is now /etc/rsyslog.conf although I  
> > don't know why /etc/syslog.conf still exists. Might be worth a try.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> Sorry I forgot to mention. The system is RHEL5.

Which update, and are you using the syslog package, or rsyslog?

If you're still running sysklogd, have a look at "man 8 klogd" and
/etc/sysconfig/syslog. You can twiddle klogd with the '-c' flag.

With rsyslog, it's "man 8 rklogd" and /etc/sysconfig/rsyslog

HTH,

/Anders