How do i stop messages from coming across the command console

[call]

When im doing the back up I get a message that a printer went down the reason i get this message is because people dont know how to fill the paper bin,
Well this locks up the terminal and my backup doesnt run.
I need to move the messages to another terminal.

 

[d3funct]

Look in /etc/syslog.conf for any printer error logging, there should be an entry stating to send printer error logging to /dev/console, just remove the /dev/console and restart the syslog daemon. d3funct
zimmer.jon@cfwy.com
The software required `Windows 95 or better', so I installed Linux.

 

[call]

Thank you, I would like to know if i can direct it to a file instead of deleting it out.

something like this

/home/don

 

[ElgisRamon]

Of course... simply change [tt]/dev/console[/tt] to [tt]/path/to/file[/tt].
I hope it works...
Unix was made by and for smart people.

 

[aixqueen]

Printer messages Use lsvirprt to look at the virtual printer. The _A setting
can be used to determine if messages go to the console, or the submitter's
mail. There is another attribute called "user to receive intervention messages"
which I don't recall the attribute name for, but you can set it to "nobody" and
the messages will be sent to /dev/null. lsvirprt;_ A=0
or
lsvirprt; si = nobody
or
lpr.* /dev/null in /etc/syslog.conf; refresh -s syslogd
or
use a tty driver (w/ Xon/Xoff flow ctrl) instead of an lp driver

MESSAGES
A. Backend generated
1) Intervention required (e.g., printer out of paper). Sent to submitter of job.
Controlled by virtual printer _si attribute (users, separated by commas, to get
intervention messages; null string is job submitter), e.g., si=nobody.
2) Backend error messages (e.g., use of invalid flag). Controlled by the virtual
printer _A attribute, e.g., A=0

http://techsupport.services.ibm.com...mode=9&documents=291911163912332&database=aix

 

[call]

Thank you but nothing is working.

the _A=0 doesnt work the Attribute is not there

I have change it to a file and still comming across the screen.

i have change it to /dev/tty1 and its still comming across the sreen.

I didnt delete it yet Im trying not to.

here is what the last 3 lines in the file said.

# mail.debug /usr/spool/mqueu/syslog
# *.debug /dev/console I change it to /dev/tty1
# *.crit *

what do you think

 

[aixqueen]

So you set your terminal to vt100 emulation and exported it... (must be vt100)
and as root from the command line you entered:?

/usr/sbin/lsvirprt

And it prompted you for the printer and you typed it in....
then it displayed...
To LIST attributes, enter AttributeName1 ... (* for all attributes)
To CHANGE an attribute value, enter AttributeName=NewValue
To FORMAT and EDIT an attribute value, enter AttributeName~v
To EDIT the attribute file, enter ~v
To terminate, press Enter:

and you typed _A=0 (zero)

then you typed si=nobody or si=root
----------
and when you are done you just press enter ?

and it did not work? It should have?
It seems to work for me? Not sure why it did not for you.

For example, si= specifies that the user who submitted the print job should receive the messages, si=mary specifies the user mary should receive the messages, and si=,jim@server02 specifies that both the user who submitted the print job and jim at node server02 should receive intervention messages.

A stderr returned? 0:no; 1:yes, & pipelines; 1
2:yes, & values, pipelines

http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/cmds/aixcmds3/lsvirprt.htm

 

[singo]

Use the command swcons command to swap output to the console to a file.

swcons /tmp/console.log

A job can be set up to rollover the log files.

 

[call]

thanks i will try it.

Aixqueen I tryed it again and nothing the problem is the way the printer is setup
It doesnt have the _A Attribute

 

[bcox]

This what I have on a R50 with 30 printers on it samba and other things that throw there error messages to /dev/console.. now all go to /tmp/console.log.`date +%m%y%d`

edit file /etc/rc.local

add this line

swcons /tmp/consolelog.`date +%m%d%y`

This will redirect all console messages to this file note it will create a new file new file evertime the system is rebooted. So you should do clean up of old files once a month or when ever you reboot..

Hope this is what you are wanting..