Re: tlug: Error/status messages

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Sat, Sep 19, 1998 at 05:39:08PM +0900, Neil Booth wrote:
> Is there a way to have an xterm instance running to which all such
> output is directed, so I can see it while still being in the windowing
> environment? Or something similar?

The program 'xconsole' will monitor messages that are usually sent to
/dev/console.  If you do add something like:
xconsole -daemon -notify -verbose -exitOnFail
to your x startup script you will have a window into your console messages.
While minimized, it adds an asterisk to the icon name when there is "new"
data there to be read.

(Many versions of xterm also support the -C switch which does something
similar.)

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Jim Tittsler, Tokyo   ICQ: 5981586


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