On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 10:54:47AM -0500, Nagilum wrote: > 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? > > Also, does anyone know why Debian uses a symlink to tty0 while other > distros use the real console device? What are the > advantages/disadvantages?
IIRC this is a 2.0 vs 2.2 thing. Debian has a symlink because it ships with a 2.0 kernel whereas (I guess) the others you are comparing with have a 2.2 kernel. As you have upgraded your kernel this is perhaps why you aren't getting log messages. I am also running a 2.2 kernel on slink. I recreated my console device by first deleting the /dev/console symlink and then running '/dev/MAKEDEV console' to create the new one (makedev automagically does the right thing for your kernel version IIRC): $ ll /dev/console crw--w--w- 1 root tty 5, 1 Nov 18 18:18 /dev/console HTH, Ian.
