Re: Basic vt100 console "noisy"

[Johnny Billquist <bqt%update.uu.se@localhost>]

On 2019-11-20 21:39, Clay Daniels wrote:
> I'm having real trouble with my console window if I'm not running an X 
> window. There is constant system "chatter" about devices and such that 
> interupts what I'm trying to do. The worst problem is when I try to use 
> vi and it interupts me in mid-line. I realize it may be my old machine, 
> a 2014 HP Pavilion23 All-in-one. But I have allocated the whole disk to 
> NetBSD, and would like to get it to work. I'm going to try a re-install, 
> but will hold off to see if anyone has any suggestions on how to "quiet 
> down" the console "chatter".

You might want to look at the syslogd configuration then? That might be 
one source of messages being printed.

  Johnny

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