"Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes: > on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 10:54:16PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > I've noticed that the default persmissions on xconsole are : > > > > ~ $ ls -l /dev/xconsole > > prw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Dec 11 22:52 /dev/xconsole > > > > When I start xconsole in my xsession file it can't access xconsole. > > > > What is the proper way to set permissions. Should I make interested > > users part of the adm group ? > > > > I've read in some deja posts that xdm takes care of this, but I use > > startx. > > Either add your user to the 'adm' group, or run xdm sudo root. > > Another alternative, one that I prefer, is to use xconsole. I invoke > this via a script, using sudo: > > #!/bin/bash > /usr/bin/xrootconsole -fg grey60 -geometry 80x52-40+68 --wrap /dev/xconsole &
I've never used xconsole before, and I'm curious what shows up in it? The man page says, "The xconsole program displays messages which are usually sent to /dev/console," but what kind of messages are sent there? And a second question: If you don't run xconsole, where do these messages show up? tty1? -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bignachos.com
