Date: 04 Feb 2005 13:06:50 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Within X, how can I see console messages? Message-ID: <447jloxkqt.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20050204180003.GH8365@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> References: <200502041201.06478.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <4203AD1D.1090203@gmx.net> <20050204180003.GH8365@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub>
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Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> writes: > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 06:13:01PM +0100, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: > > 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 > > Keep in mind that /dev/console may only be readable by root. You might > have to change permissions on the device, or perhaps launch xconsole as > the root user. There may be other ways to get around this. I just > throw this into the mix as a problem that you may encounter. The default xdm configuration runs xconsole from Xsetup (which runs as root) before starting the user's startup script.
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