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| author | Dan Nichilson <dnicholson@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2007-07-18 13:26:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Dan Nichilson <dnicholson@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2007-07-18 13:26:34 +0000 |
| commit | 479f92f627772b1964fa02b545c387f848562fce (patch) | |
| tree | bad60cc4148a64e4bd551facb9f858d8af121139 /chapter07/console.xml | |
| parent | 4e8074a22ad66103b89f03126aba5f0b96b04338 (diff) | |
Add the consolelog bootscript and remove printk handling in modules script
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8222 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter07/console.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/console.xml | 21 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/chapter07/console.xml b/chapter07/console.xml index 8a614ea7d..8402551f3 100644 --- a/chapter07/console.xml +++ b/chapter07/console.xml @@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ </indexterm> <para>This section discusses how to configure the <command>console</command> - bootscript that sets up the keyboard map and the console font. If non-ASCII - characters (e.g., the copyright sign, the British pound sign and Euro symbol) - will not be used and the keyboard is a U.S. one, skip this section. Without + and <command>consolelog</command> bootscripts that set up the keyboard map, + console font and console kernel log level. If non-ASCII characters (e.g., + the copyright sign, the British pound sign and Euro symbol) will not be used + and the keyboard is a U.S. one, much of this section can be skipped. Without the configuration file, the <command>console</command> bootscript will do nothing.</para> - <para>The <command>console</command> script reads the - <filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> file for configuration information. + <para>The <command>console</command> and <command>consolelog</command> + script reads the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> file for + configuration information. Decide which keymap and screen font will be used. Various language-specific HOWTOs can also help with this, see <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/other-lang.html"/>. If still in @@ -38,6 +40,15 @@ <variablelist> <varlistentry> + <term>LOGLEVEL</term> + <listitem> + <para>This variable specifies the log level for kernel messages sent + to the console as set by <command>dmesg</command>. Valid levels are + from "1" (no messages) to "8". The default level is "7".</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term>KEYMAP</term> <listitem> <para>This variable specifies the arguments for the |