>>>>> "Nathan" == Nathan L Cutler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    Nathan> When I run 'xconsole' as a non-root user, I get the
    Nathan> following message (inside the xconsole window):
        [...]
    Nathan> Anybody have any idea what to do with this conundrum?

8<----------------------------------------------------------------->8
$ ls -l /dev/xconsole
prw-rw-rw-   1 root     root            0 Dec 30 08:13 /dev/xconsole
8<----------------------------------------------------------------->8

(clipped from /etc/syslog.conf):
8<----------------------------------------------------------------->8
# The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the `xconsole' utility.  To use it,
# you must invoke `xconsole' with the `-file' option:
# 
#    $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...]
local2.*;auth.*;daemon.*;mail.*;news.crit;news.err;news.notice;*.=debug;*.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;cron.none
     |/dev/xconsole
8<----------------------------------------------------------------->8

... Does that help?

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