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Subject: Re: Within X, how can I see console messages?
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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?
>  
>
xconsole

When xdm starts, xconsole gets started, too, on my machine,
I can't remember doing anything to get this behaviour, though.

Kind regards,
Benjamin