Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 01:02:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Anderson <paul@geeky1.ebtech.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Syslog log to a virtual tty? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990529005735.5628I-100000@geeky1.ebtech.net>
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I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, but I have extensive experience with Linux. On my Linux boxen, I put the following in my /etc/syslog.conf: *.* /dev/tty8 To pump all the log messages to the 8 virtual terminal - I find it very handy for viewing the logs as they go by, and seeing if there are any problems. So, under FreeBSD I tried: *.* /dev/ttyv7 I have, of course, created the requisite device file using the /dev/MAKEDEV script, and syslogd does open the terminal, I can change to it. The problem I'm having is that none of the log messages are sent to the requisite terminal. Any thoughts? TIA. --- Paul Anderson - Self-employed Megalomaniac paul@geeky1.ebtech.net Member of the Sarnia Linux User's Group http://www.sar-net.com/slug http://zephyr.sellad.on.ca/~paul "Zathras have bad life, zathras probably have bad death, too, but at least is symmetry!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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