Setting the Logging Context and Level

To check or control the system-wide logging context and level, you can use the PmLogCtl command on the target. With this command, you can see the logging level of contexts or limit the log output according to your needs by adjusting the logging level of specific contexts.

This page explains how to use the PmLogCtl command with examples.

Logging Levels

The table below shows a list of logging levels that can be set by PmLogCtl. The default level is “info”.

Retrieving the Context Information

To get the information of one or more contexts, use PmLogCtl with the show option.

PmLogCtl show [<context>] # show logging context(s)

The <context> can be a specific context name or GLOB.

• Without any context specified, information of all available contexts is returned.

  Example

  root@raspberrypi4:/# PmLogCtl show PmLogCtl: Context '<default-lib>' = info PmLogCtl: Context '<default>' = info PmLogCtl: Context 'ActivityManager' = info PmLogCtl: Context 'aiservice' = info PmLogCtl: Context 'AppInstallD' = info PmLogCtl: Context 'audiooutputd' = info ... PmLogCtl: Context 'wam.log' = info PmLogCtl: Context 'webos-bluetooth-service' = info PmLogCtl: Context 'webos-connman-adapter' = info PmLogCtl: Context 'webos-service' = info

• With a specific context name or GLOB specified, the information of the corresponding context(s) is returned.

  Example
  root@raspberrypi4:/# PmLogCtl show wam.log PmLogCtl: Context 'wam.log' = info root@raspberrypi4:/# PmLogCtl show webos* PmLogCtl: Context 'webos-bluetooth-service' = info PmLogCtl: Context 'webos-connman-adapter' = info PmLogCtl: Context 'webos-service' = info

Setting the Logging Level of Contexts

To set the logging level of one or more contexts, use PmLogCtl with the set option.

PmLogCtl set <context> <level> # set logging level of context(s)

The <context> can be a specific context name or GLOB.

• Suppose you want to set the logging level of the wam.log context to debug. This will let you see all the messages that have been logged for wam.log.

  Example
  root@raspberrypi4:/# PmLogCtl set wam.log debug PmLogCtl: Setting context level for 'wam.log'. root@raspberrypi4:/# PmLogCtl show wam.log PmLogCtl: Context 'wam.log' = debug

• On the other hand, if you want to suppress the logging level of uMediaServer(ums)-related contexts to crit (Critical), you can use the following command.

  Example

  root@raspberrypi4:/# PmLogCtl set ums* crit PmLogCtl: Setting context level for 'ums.connector'. PmLogCtl: Setting context level for 'ums.media_display_controller'. PmLogCtl: Setting context level for 'ums.pipeline_ctrl'. PmLogCtl: Setting context level for 'ums.pipeline_mgr'. PmLogCtl: Setting context level for 'ums.process_ctrl'. PmLogCtl: Setting context level for 'ums.resource_mgr'. PmLogCtl: Setting context level for 'ums.server'. PmLogCtl: Setting context level for 'ums.videooutput'. root@raspberrypi4:/# PmLogCtl show ums* PmLogCtl: Context 'ums.connector' = crit PmLogCtl: Context 'ums.media_display_controller' = crit PmLogCtl: Context 'ums.pipeline_ctrl' = crit PmLogCtl: Context 'ums.pipeline_mgr' = crit PmLogCtl: Context 'ums.process_ctrl' = crit PmLogCtl: Context 'ums.resource_mgr' = crit PmLogCtl: Context 'ums.server' = crit PmLogCtl: Context 'ums.videooutput' = crit