2014-05-25 4:20 GMT+08:00 Hilco Wijbenga <[email protected]>: > Hi all, > > Since kernel 3.12.13 (3.12.13-gentoo), the kernel boot messages have > disappeared, i.e. they are no longer displayed at boot time. All I get > is a line like "Loading kernel 3.12.13". (I just upgraded to > 3.12.20-gentoo, so now it's something like "Loading kernel 3.12.20".) > > I have no idea why. I checked my grub config and it does not add a > "quiet" argument. I see nothing in /etc/rc.conf about quiet (or > verbose). And X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP is set to 'y'. I also looked for > "quiet", "boot", and "messages" (while running "make xconfig") and > nothing untoward showed up. > > How do I get back to a normal and sane boot process?
Hi, I also experienced this change earlier this year, and it seems the old behavior can be restored by setting loglevel=7 in kernel cmdline. Actually, not printing that much message can lead to a small performance gain, as some console drivers tend to not be very fast; but you certainly can have the messages if you want. Hope that helps~
