From 479f92f627772b1964fa02b545c387f848562fce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Nichilson Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:26:34 +0000 Subject: 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 --- chapter07/console.xml | 21 ++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter07') 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 @@ This section discusses how to configure the console - 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 consolelog 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 console bootscript will do nothing. - The console script reads the - /etc/sysconfig/console file for configuration information. + The console and consolelog + script reads the /etc/sysconfig/console file for + configuration information. Decide which keymap and screen font will be used. Various language-specific HOWTOs can also help with this, see . If still in @@ -37,6 +39,15 @@ + + LOGLEVEL + + This variable specifies the log level for kernel messages sent + to the console as set by dmesg. Valid levels are + from "1" (no messages) to "8". The default level is "7". + + + KEYMAP -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf