When 'diald' runs, it creates /var/run/diald.fifo and diald.pid. The accompanying X monitoring/control program, 'dctrl', evidently gets its information by way of diald.fifo.
Is there some way I can engage in conversation (or eavesdropping) with diald.fifo, so that I can see on a designated tty screen the same stuff 'dctrl' displays on its X window...? -- -- Jeff -- <http://www.wellnow.com> "There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing is to love one another, using whatever means are available to serve."