kernel module ?

[sam111]

I am just learning kernel modules for the first time

So created this simple file

#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
 
int init_module(void)
{
	printk(KERN_INFO "init_module() called\n");
	return 0;
}
 
void cleanup_module(void)
{
	printk(KERN_INFO "cleanup_module() called\n");
}

compiled it
and loaded the module
using sudo insmod hello.ko

lsmod | grep hello shows

hello 12394 0

But I don't see my messages being printed to the screen even when I unload with rmmod ????

What is going wrong with printk ?

[sam111]

My mistake it is printing to dmesg | tail

But how can I get it to print to the console.
I have read this

If the priority is less than int console_loglevel, the message is printed on your current terminal. If both syslogd and klogd are running, then the message will also get appended to /var/log/messages, whether it got printed to the console or not. We use a high priority, like KERN_ALERT, to make sure the printk() messages get printed to your console rather than just logged to your logfile. When you write real modules, you'll want to use priorities that are meaningful for the situation at hand.

And I have tried using all the different KERN_... but it still doesn't show up?
tried echo 8 > /proc/sys/kernel/print

and cat /proc/sys/kernel/print shows

8 4 1 7

WTF

[rulingminds]

Are you in GUI mode?. printk messages are sent to the console not to the pseudo terminals(pts). When you are in graphical mode and using any terminal like gnome-terminal, konsole, they use pseudo terminals not the console. Press Ctl + ALT + F1 and login and try.

[sam111]

Thanks I was doing it from using dmesg | tail all the time but that got to be a pain.
Also you can do it in the GUI pts terminals by opening a second terminal tab and cat the kmsg file.
This would show up in real time just like the ctl+alt+f1 did for me when loading and unloading my module.

Thanks didn't know their was a differents between the c1+alt+f1 console and the kconsole ones.
Looking into the device files I see their is a pts is this the kconsoles device file?
I know the /dev/tty1 is ctl+alt+f1
and /dev/ttyX is the ctrl + alt + f(2,3,..x)