-=| Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn, Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 09:43:28PM +0200 |=- > Then it's the other thing: cluttering the console. I do understand > messaging is important. But 'logger' should be a better way to achieve > that. > > # tail -f /var/log/syslog > > in a desktop terminal, push a button and watch the show. No need to > switch to a console to look for messages. I understand there are some > cases where switching to a virtual console may leed to not being able to > switch back to X.
I think I see a misunderstanding here. This particular case of writing to the console is on purpose. It is used when there is no X session recognized and the console is the only way to notify the user of the event. Note: notification, not logging. It is a console version of the notification area baloon in a typical graphical desktop environment.
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