KDE msg spew

[Bill Crawford]

On 07/04/2008, Clyde E. Kunkel <clydekunkel7734 at cox.net> wrote:
> When using kde programs as root from a gnome terminal, kde spews msgs that
> fill and overflow my 1000 line scroll buffer.  How do I stop this spew?  >
> /dev/null doesn't help.  TIA
>
>  Small (very small) sample:
>
>  kded(3871)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::useINotify: trying to use
> inotify for monitoring
>  kded(3871)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::useINotify: inotify
> successfully used for monitoring
>  kded(3871)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::addEntry: Added File
> "/usr/share/applications/kde4/kmousetool.desktop" for ""
> ["KDirWatch-1"]
>  kded(3871)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::useINotify: trying to use
> inotify for monitoring
>  kded(3871)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::useINotify: inotify
> successfully used for monitoring
>  kded(3871)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::addEntry: Added File
> "/usr/share/applications/kde4/kmouth.desktop" for ""
> ["KDirWatch-1"]
>  kded(3871)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::useINotify: trying to use
> inotify for monitoring
>  kded(3871)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::useINotify: inotify
> successfully used for monitoring
>  kded(3871)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::addEntry: Added File
> "/usr/share/applications/kde4/kmplot.desktop" for ""
> ["KDirWatch-1"]
>  kded(3871)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::useINotify: trying to use
> inotify for monitoring
>  kded(3871)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::useINotify: inotify
> successfully used for monitoring
>  kded(3871)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::addEntry: Added File
> "/usr/share/applications/kde4/knetattach.desktop" for ""
> ["KDirWatch-1"]

Suggest asking the KDE devs very nicely not to add thousands of files
to inotify on startup ;o) otherwise, yes, simply redirecting the
output is useful.