From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 4 18:14:22 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C52616A4D4 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 18:14:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ptb-relay03.plus.net (ptb-relay03.plus.net [212.159.14.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2641043D3F for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 18:14:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marko@freebsd.org) Received: from movens.plus.com ([80.229.231.20] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ptb-relay03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Cx8Gl-0008BV-2S for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:33:27 +0000 Message-ID: <4203BB62.1010906@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:13:54 +0000 From: Mark Ovens User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0 (Windows/20050113) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <200502041201.06478.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <4203AD1D.1090203@gmx.net> <20050204180003.GH8365@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <20050204180003.GH8365@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0505-1, 02/02/2005), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: Within X, how can I see console messages? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:14:22 -0000 Nathan Kinkade wrote: > 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. > You uncomment this line in /etc/fbtab #/dev/ttyv0 0600 /dev/console and start an xterm with '-c' IIRC Mark --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0505-1, 02/02/2005 Tested on: 04/02/2005 18:13:55 avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com