Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:00:03 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> To: Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Within X, how can I see console messages? Message-ID: <20050204180003.GH8365@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <4203AD1D.1090203@gmx.net> References: <200502041201.06478.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <4203AD1D.1090203@gmx.net>
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--poemUeGtc2GQvHuH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 06:13:01PM +0100, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: > Steven Friedrich wrote: >=20 > >I know I can Control-Alt-F1 to go back to the console, but is there a wa= y=20 > >to see these messages in an xterm or something? > >=20 > > > xconsole >=20 > When xdm starts, xconsole gets started, too, on my machine, > I can't remember doing anything to get this behaviour, though. >=20 > Kind regards, > Benjamin Keep in mind that /dev/console may only be readable by root. You might have to change permissions on the device, or perhaps launch xconsole as the root user. There may be other ways to get around this. I just throw this into the mix as a problem that you may encounter. Nathan --poemUeGtc2GQvHuH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCA7gjO0ZIEthSfkkRAklLAKDyYmgFC+nzPwMKBUspEGtUVGdbcQCgwkes 8eQcwvKVz6yXdykP/JFtPHU= =AskC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --poemUeGtc2GQvHuH--
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