Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 03:28:14 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> To: John <john@starfire.mn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Within X, how can I see console messages? Message-ID: <20050206112814.GT8619@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <20050205104019.E47038@starfire.mn.org> References: <200502041201.06478.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <20050205105134.GL8619@alzatex.com> <20050205104019.E47038@starfire.mn.org>
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On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 10:40:19AM -0600, John wrote: > On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 02:51:34AM -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 12:01:06PM -0500, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > > I know I can Control-Alt-F1 to go back to the console, but is there a way to > > > see these messages in an xterm or something? > > > > In addition to xconsole, there is a command dmesg which outputs the last > > 4k of messages. I run it if I suspect a problem and didn't have > > xconsole running. dmesg|tail helps limit the amount of messages. > > OK - I have the opposite problem. I have xconsole being started > by xdm, which I like - that way I have the console messages visible > even if no-one is logged in, and that's good. Edit the xdm config files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm which deal with xdm loggin in and out to kill xconsole before it logs the user in. There is a script in there that is run when the server start, a user logs in, and out, etc. Then if you need xconsole in kde, you can start it on your own and kde will manage running it on every login. > > My problem is that kde notices that I have an xconsole, and wants > to start one on it's own when I log in. The one xdm starts is > persistent, though, so when kde tries to start it, too, and I always > get one "xconsole <2>" that says "Console log for "[host] twice. > > I'm using kde 3.3.2 and I don't remember this happening with > some previous versions. > > I wasn't going to bug anyone, as everything works ok, and this is > really just a minor annoyance, but since the subject of > xconsole came up, I thought I'd ask. > -- > > John Lind > john@starfire.MN.ORG -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C
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