On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 19:50:09 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using xdm for logging in to my laptop. I wanted to be able to > shutdown so I added buttons to the xdm logging screen[1]. > > When the shutdown button is clicked this command is run: > > exec /sbin/shutdown -h now 2>/dev/console >/dev/console > > The "problem" is that X shuts down and I see my original tty1 screen > (with the left-over startup messages). But the normal shutdown messages > are *not* displayed. I'd like to see those messages. > > xdm normally starts xconsole via /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup so I disabled that > in case that was redirecting console messages, which then meant > /dev/console was not where it used to be). > > I also tried just running shutdown without redirecting to /dev/console, > but that didn't do the trick, either. > Try redirecting to /dev/tty1 ?
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