Quoting August Karlstrom ([email protected]): > On 2015-09-27 14:40, Jochen Spieker wrote: > >August Karlstrom: > >>Today when I started my computer running Debian 8.2 the following error > >>message was displayed at the login prompt (where the user name go): > >> macmini login: [ 1615.712744] usb 3-3: 1:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x1 > >>My question is not so much about the error message but rather why such a > >>message is "allowed" to enter the login prompt. Does anyone know? > >That's a kernel message that is apparently considered important enough > >to print it on all VTs, irrespective of their current content. > > OK, I see. Thanks for the info, Jochen. Still, I think it looks like a mess.
Under most circumstances, typing ^L will tidy things up. Cheers, David.

