Spamming of the console by RVIZ2 info messages ... etc

[Pito Salas]

Many packages (e.g. rviz2, map_server, and more) flood the console with INFO messages. I have tried all documented ways to set the log level, either for one node or globally, and none have worked. Does anyone?

Best,

Pito

Boston Robot Hackers &&
Comp. Sci Faculty, Brandeis University (Emeritus)

[Michael Wimble]

You could always redirect stdout to the old bit bucket at /dev/null. Or both stderr and stdout. I think the logs as still written to ~/.ros/log if you need them

> On Oct 26, 2025, at 12:53 PM, Pito Salas <pito...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Many packages (e.g. rviz2, map_server, and more) flood the console with INFO messages. I have tried all documented ways to set the log level, either for one node or globally, and none have worked. Does anyone?

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[Pito Salas]

Yes, but I would not see actual errors; also the log would be equally polluted; also why do none of the documented ways of controlling the logging work (for me?)

Best,

Pito

Boston Robot Hackers &&
Comp. Sci Faculty, Brandeis University (Emeritus)

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[Michael Wimble]

Oh, you should use the documented way. I just never remember how to set the configuration value. I also take care of the launch so it generates all the stuff I need to see to start and then it’s pretty quiet until navigation kicks in. But if you just don’t want to see the logs …

> On Oct 26, 2025, at 3:01 PM, Pito Salas <pito...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yes, but I would not see actual errors; also the log would be equally polluted; also why do none of the documented ways of controlling the logging work (for me?)

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