$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/printk 7 4 1 7 current default minimum boot-time-default
The first integer shows you your current console_loglevel; the second the default log level that you have seen above.
To change your current console_loglevel simply write to this file, so in order to get all messages printed to the console do a simple
# echo 8 > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
Kernel
Under "Device drivers."