Quoting Nagilum ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi, thanks for the response. I have those same lines in my syslog.conf... > that should work for an XConsole when I'm running X... but what about when > I'm not running X? How could I get the normal console device to display > log messages?
My understanding (and I would like to be corrected if wrong) is that kernel messages (that's what you're wanting, right?) go to the VC which is active. Mount a disk and you get told about it, and whether to fsck it etc. If you're not seeing that, klogd -c <n> will change the priority level that gets through (man klogd). Certain errors seem to (or have in the past) affect the level. In X, those messages come out on VC7, but you can't see them until X quits because they're "underneath" the graphical display. Hence, partly, the need for running xconsole. > > Also, does anyone know why Debian uses a symlink to tty0 while other > distros use the real console device? What are the > advantages/disadvantages? Far too technical for me. Cheers, > > If Windows is the answer, can we please have the problem back? Like it! -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
