How to prevent NetWitness errors printing to the screen?

[AaronFuhrman1]

I have an all-in-one appliance I'm try to dust off and make use of. 

I cannot make any config chances because the screen keeps getting flooded with errors and messages from ipdbexcractor and LOGS.

I have tweeked the /etc/sysctl.conf (printk 0 0 0 0) and the /etc/rsyslog.conf (/dev/console) and even tried sudo dmesg -n 1. Nothing is preventing the NetWitness message from spamming my screen.

How do I stop this?

[JohnSnider · Accepted solution]

I take it you are on the console screen...

hit CONTROL-ALT-F2 (F2 through F6 are usually available for alternate screens) to switch to an alternate screen.

CONTROL-ALT-F1 will get you back to the main console screen (which has system logs on it)

[AaronFuhrman1]

Hello John. Great workaround. It worked like a charm. I just wish I also knew how to turn the error spamming off rather than burry it. Atleast I am able to work in the console again. Thank you!

[someone]

Hey Aaron, 

Have a look on here  Video Link : 21260  / https://community.rsa.com/docs/DOC-76668 and perhaps start removing all the services you are not using. That should free up precious resources too.