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From: William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] OT: Log filling with driver messages
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:44:52
Message-Id: 1298180552.9411.6.camel@rattus
1 I am have two sun quad 10/100 Ethernet cards using the sunhme "happy
2 meal" driver as a pseudo switch. Two of the eight ports are set aside
3 for transient devices (i.e., laptop when it needs a cable connection).
4
5 However, when nothing is plugged into the ports, the log fills up with
6 the messages below. Is there an easy method of controlling the
7 messages? - one every 10 minutes, or even better, only on status change?
8 Or would it be easier to get syslog-ng to filter them?
9
10 Feb 20 13:28:03 moriah kernel: eth7: Link down, cable problem?
11 Feb 20 13:28:05 moriah kernel: eth8: Link down, cable problem?
12 Feb 20 13:28:15 moriah kernel: eth7: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful,
13 trying force link mode
14 Feb 20 13:28:17 moriah kernel: eth8: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful,
15 trying force link mode
16 Feb 20 13:28:25 moriah kernel: eth7: Link down, cable problem?
17 Feb 20 13:28:27 moriah kernel: eth8: Link down, cable problem?
18 Feb 20 13:28:37 moriah kernel: eth7: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful,
19 trying force link mode
20 Feb 20 13:28:39 moriah kernel: eth8: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful,
21 trying force link mode
22 Feb 20 13:28:46 moriah kernel: eth7: Link down, cable problem?
23 Feb 20 13:28:48 moriah kernel: eth8: Link down, cable problem?
24 Feb 20 13:28:56 rattus fcron[5265]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session
25 opened for user root by (uid=0)
26 Feb 20 13:28:58 rattus fcron[5265]: pam_unix(fcron:session): session
27 closed for user root
28 Feb 20 13:28:58 moriah kernel: eth7: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful,
29 trying force link mode
30 Feb 20 13:29:00 moriah kernel: eth8: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful,
31 trying force link mode
32 Feb 20 13:29:08 moriah kernel: eth7: Link down, cable problem?
33 Feb 20 13:29:10 moriah kernel: eth8: Link down, cable problem?
34 Feb 20 13:29:20 moriah kernel: eth7: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful,
35 trying force link mode
36 Feb 20 13:29:22 moriah kernel: eth8: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful,
37 trying force link mode
38 Feb 20 13:29:29 moriah kernel: eth7: Link down, cable problem?
39 Feb 20 13:29:32 moriah kernel: eth8: Link down, cable problem?
40 Feb 20 13:29:41 moriah kernel: eth7: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful,
41 trying force link mode
42 Feb 20 13:29:44 moriah kernel: eth8: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful,
43 trying force link mode
44 Feb 20 13:29:51 moriah kernel: eth7: Link down, cable problem?
45 Feb 20 13:29:53 moriah kernel: eth8: Link down, cable problem?
46
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48 William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
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