Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 06:43:04 +0200 From: "Alain G. Fabry" <alainfabry@belgacom.net> To: mcassar <marshc187@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x11/xterm question Message-ID: <20080805044304.GA49807@ducati-748.3rdrock.kicks-ass.net> In-Reply-To: <200808050037.41772.marshc187@gmail.com> References: <200808050037.41772.marshc187@gmail.com>
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I guess what you are looking for is xconsole. On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 12:37:41AM +0200, mcassar wrote: > hi anyone, > > can anyone tell me how to replicate/get this thing running cuz i'm still > learning the basics of unix, and really hooked on freebsd - but this is > driving me nuts and need to ask. > > hope this explains it proper since i don't know the technical terms of what > i'm looking for; which might make this easier- > > basically i have xorg and kde3 running ok, and i'm using kdm now - by > editing /etc/ttys -> tty8. > > but previously, when testing x11 and kde i was first starting x11 > with 'startx' without any .xinitrc file whatsoever - so i could go to the > basic x that starts with a couple of xterms and a clock, if you know the > one... > and then type 'startkde' in one of those. > > kde starts, but what i'm interested in, is that the xterm i started kde from > keeps displaying messages - which on a few occasions seemed very clean, on > others i noticed warnings - like bad window, etc. > > now i'm basically trying to get one of those running after starting from kdm - > if possible. i don't know if 'tail' is what i'm looking for, and if so > whether it goes through some log file somewhere in /var, or through running > processes somehow. unless the most i can do is run that one a single app. > > thanks in advance > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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