Messages in this thread | | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: is killing zombies possible w/o a reboot? | Date | Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:13:09 -0500 |
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On Thursday 04 November 2004 09:26, DervishD wrote: > Hi Gene :) > > * Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net> dixit: >> Possibly, but OTOH, >> [root@coyote root]# cat /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq >> 0 >> >> And no, I'm not turning it off anyplace in the boot proceedure. >> An 'echo 1 >/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq', and repeating the keypresses >> now gets a boatload of stuff in the logs, but nothing on the >> console. > > Well, the stuff goes to the logs and not the console because of >the console log level. You can change that using proc, too. Look in >/proc/sys/kernel/printk (well, at least under 2.4.x). You'll see >four numbers. The first one is the console loglevel. Any message >directed to syslog with a priority higher than this number will be >printed in the console. Otherwise they won't. > > The second number is the default message level. Any message >without a priority will get this priority. > > The third number is the highest value you can assign to the > first number (the console loglevel). > > The fourth number is the default value for the first number. > > The interesting number for you is the first one. Set it to a >correct value for you (see syslog(2) to see what the numbers mean). > > Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
I have it going to the logs as the prefered method as thats permanent whereas the console output is 100% volatile. That way I can look at the logs when the machine has been made functional again.
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