Reference

setlogcons(8)

Send kernel messages to console N

NAME

setlogcons - Send kernel messages to console N

SYNOPSIS

setlogcons [options] [N]

DESCRIPTION

The command setlogcons N sets all kernel messages to the console specified as N.

By default kernel messages are sent to the current console.

To change the level of messages sent, use dmesg

OPTIONS

-C, --console=DEV

the console device to be used.

-V, --version

print version number.

-h, --help

print this usage message.

AUTHORS

setlogcons was originally written by Andries Brouwer for the kbd package.

This manual page was written by Alastair McKinstry.

SEE ALSO

dmesg(1)

History

--console since Debian 13 (Trixie); --help since Debian 13 (Trixie); --version since Debian 13 (Trixie); -C since Debian 13 (Trixie); -V since Debian 13 (Trixie); -h since Debian 13 (Trixie).