On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Scott Jacobsen wrote:
>
> What's the difference between a console and an xterm?
>
> I ask because I'm trying to view kernel messages, and I must use
> xconsole to see them . . . or look at /var/log/messages.
>
> Is there some way for an xterm to look at /dev/console and display
> kernel messages?
> Can I replace the first line in my /etc/syslog.conf file to something
> like this:
> kern.* /dev/tty*
>
> Scott
>
>
Scott,
For what you are after, you may want to look into xconsole. It
is designed to let you see consone messages in X. From man xconsole:
DESCRIPTION
The xconsole program displays messages which are usually
sent to /dev/console.
/dev/console is a special device that points to the current console
device. This is usualy the current active virtual console, but it can
be a serial port, or even a bit bucket like /dev/null. When the active
console is an X secession, then the messages are usualy lost.
So what you end up with is that information sent to /dev/console will be
re-directed to what ever device the current console is. For a headless
server, this may be a serial device like /dev/ttyS1. For a workstation
with display and keyboard, it is usualy /dev/tty0 (another special
device pointing to the active vertual console), or it may be a program
such as xconsole that redirects the messages to a window on your X
desktop.
I hope this helps.
Mikkel
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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