diff -u -r1.86 control.c
--- control.c   21 Jan 2007 05:34:47 -0000      1.86
+++ control.c   28 Jan 2007 20:05:37 -0000
@@ -268,25 +268,25 @@
         for(i=0; i<CYCLE_HISTORY; i++) {
             if (this_run > 1.2 * cycles[i]) {
                 emcmot_hal_data->overruns++;
-               // print message on first overrun only
-               if(emcmot_hal_data->overruns == 1) {
-                   reportError("Unexpected realtime delay; check dmesg for details.");
-                   rtapi_print_msg(RTAPI_MSG_ERR,
-                       "\nIn recent history there were\n");
-                   rtapi_print_msg(RTAPI_MSG_ERR, "%ld, %ld, %ld, %ld, and %ld\n",
-                       cycles[0], cycles[1], cycles[2], cycles[3], cycles[4]);
-                   rtapi_print_msg(RTAPI_MSG_ERR,
-                       "elapsed clocks between calls to the motion controller.\n");
-                   rtapi_print_msg(RTAPI_MSG_ERR,
-                       "This time, there were %ld which is so anomalously\n",
-                       this_run);
-                   rtapi_print_msg(RTAPI_MSG_ERR,
-                       "large that it probably signifies a problem with your\n");
-                   rtapi_print_msg(RTAPI_MSG_ERR,
-                       "realtime configuration.  For the rest of this run of\n");
-                   rtapi_print_msg(RTAPI_MSG_ERR,
-                       "EMC, this message will be suppressed.\n\n");
-               }
+                // print message on first overrun only
+                if(emcmot_hal_data->overruns == 1) {
+                    int saved_level = rtapi_get_msg_level();
+                    rtapi_set_msg_level(RTAPI_MSG_ALL);
+                    reportError("Unexpected realtime delay: check dmesg for details.");
+                    rtapi_print_msg(RTAPI_MSG_WARN,
+                        "\nIn recent history there were\n"
+                        "%ld, %ld, %ld, %ld, and %ld\n"
+                        "elapsed clocks between calls to the motion controller.\n",
+                        cycles[0], cycles[1], cycles[2], cycles[3], cycles[4]);
+                    rtapi_print_msg(RTAPI_MSG_WARN,
+                        "This time, there were %ld which is so anomalously\n"
+                        "large that it probably signifies a problem with your\n"
+                        "realtime configuration.  For the rest of this run of\n"
+                        "EMC, this message will be suppressed.\n\n",
+                        this_run);
+                    rtapi_set_msg_level(saved_level);
+                }
+               
                break;
            }
         }