From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 5 16:40:24 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 2064A16A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 16:40:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dexter.starfire.mn.org (starfire.skypoint.net [66.93.17.236]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D53643D3F for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 16:40:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john@dexter.starfire.mn.org) Received: (from john@localhost) by dexter.starfire.mn.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id j15GeJe47739; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:40:19 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from john) Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:40:19 -0600 From: John To: "Loren M. Lang" Message-ID: <20050205104019.E47038@starfire.mn.org> References: <200502041201.06478.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <20050205105134.GL8619@alzatex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20050205105134.GL8619@alzatex.com>; from lorenl@alzatex.com on Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 02:51:34AM -0800 cc: Steven Friedrich cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 16:40:24 -0000 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. 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