strange behavious of the logging module?

[Christian Meesters]

Hi,

having the following code:

import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR,
                    format='%(levelname)-8s %(message)s',
                    filename='mc_rigid.log',
                    filemode='w')
# define a Handler which writes INFO messages or higher to the sys.stderr
console = logging.StreamHandler()
console.setLevel(logging.INFO)
# set a format which is simpler for console use
formatter = logging.Formatter('%(message)s')
# tell the handler to use this format
console.setFormatter(formatter)
# add the handler to the root logger
logging.getLogger('').addHandler(console)

I observe nothing printed on the console. However if I change the level
(just after the import) from logging.ERROR to logging.DEBUG I do see all
info lines on the console as intended.

Can anybody tell my mistake? I thought changing the level in basicConfig
would have no impact on the following StreamHandler instance.
Also, adding %(funcName)-8s to the formatter in basigConfig does not work
for me: instead of the functions name the level in lower case gets inserted
into the logfile.

My python:
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May  2 2007, 16:56:35) 
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2

TIA
Christian