From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 12 14:37:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.25]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D432C3FA0 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 14:37:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from ppp-208-188-200-129.dialup.kscymo.swbell.net ([208.188.200.129]) by mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FPU001HR9J4CT@mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:37:55 -0600 (CST) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by ppp-208-188-200-129.dialup.kscymo.swbell.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) id QAA14898; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:37:50 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:37:48 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant Subject: Re: System messages In-reply-to: To: Wayne.Vinson@Colorado.EDU (VINSON WAYNE HOWARD) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: kc5vdj@swbell.net Message-id: <200002122237.QAA14898@ppp-208-188-200-129.dialup.kscymo.swbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-files: The truth is that the X-Files is fiction X-Republican: The best kind!!! X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT #8: Sat Oct 30 00:56:56 CDT 1999 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In reply: > Whenever a program genereates a console message (ie dhcpc renews it > licence) it gets echoed to every single xterm. This is really obnoxious > since xmms and dhcpc seem to genereate these messages frequently, and they > disrup editor sessions, etc. is there any wat to confine this to just and > xconsole? yes. don't log in as root. it's a bad habit to have anyway. if you need superuser functionality, use su. console messages are always sent to root's login screens. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM kc5vdj@swbell.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IC-706MkII - IC-T81A - HTX-202 - HTX-212 - HTX-404 - KPC3+ - PK-232MBX/DSP To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message