printk does not work in init_module (works on cleanup_module though)

08-04-2005	#1 (permalink)
mdean Just Joined! Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3	printk does not work in init_module (works on cleanup_module though) hi, i am using RH9. i wrote a simple init and cleanup functions that simply printk message of init and exit respectivly. using dmesg is see the printing when i remove the module but i can not see the printing when i load it. please, enlight me thanks. merav.

08-04-2005	#2 (permalink)
lakerdonald Linux Guru Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 5,039	If you really want to see the messages, you should do: Code: echo 8 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk so that even KERN_DEBUG gets printed to the terminal. Note that this won't print to xterms __________________ the lost art of found sound

08-07-2005

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Originally Posted by lakerdonald

If you really want to see the messages, you should do:

Code:

echo 8 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk

so that even KERN_DEBUG gets printed to the terminal. Note that this won't print to xterms

thanks, but i find my problem which was quite stuppid

i misspelled the word "module" in init_module.
that is way i only saw my printk's at clean_up module.
thanks a lot for the help.

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