>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Brian> Look in your /etc/syslog.conf for output to a different tty. I
Brian> used to use one of the following and had similiar results, I
Brian> have since commented them out.
Brian> #daemon,mail.*;\ # news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\ #
Brian> *.=debug;*.=info;\ # *.=notice;*.=warn /dev/tty8
Brian> #daemon.*;mail.*;\ # news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\ #
Brian> *.=debug;*.=info;\ # *.=notice;*.=warn /dev/console
Brian> /dev/console is the currently active console. See 'man console'
Brian> and 'man syslog.conf' for more info.
Hi Brian,
here is the relevant section from my /etc/syslog.conf before I
started modifying it:
----begin----
#
# I like to have messages displayed on the console, but only on a virtual
# console I usually leave idle.
#
#daemon,mail.*;\
# news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\
# *.=debug;*.=info;\
# *.=notice;*.=warn /dev/tty8
# 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 [...]
#
# NOTE: adjust the list below, or you'll go crazy if you have a reasonably
# busy site..
#
daemon.*;mail.*;\
news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\
*.=debug;*.=info;\
*.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole
-----end-----
I tried uncommenting the first block (the one that sends output to
/dev/tty8) but when I shutdown the system I was still dumped back
to tty1/VC#1. I still had to press Ctrl+Alt+F7 to see the output
that I wanted.
Commenting out the second block (the one that sends output to
/dev/xconsole) simply gave me an empty xconsole window as expected.
It still didn't help me to see the status of shutdown (ie services
being shutdown) without pressing Ctrl+Alt+F7.
Any other suggestions ?
What does your /etc/syslog.conf file look like ?
Thanks.
--
Salman Ahmed
ssahmed AT interlog DOT com
