amber gilchrist live.com> writes:
> Hey everyone, I have been using the Debian OS for a while, love it, but am
having a bit of trouble going from Squeeze to Wheezy. Looks like
/dev/xconsole is missing now!
> I am also noticing that the log files aren't logging anything anymor
On Lu, 17 iun 13, 09:42:29, amber gilchrist wrote:
> The other strange part of this is that the rsyslog package isn't on my
> system anymore, and when I tried to install it, I got this warning:
> initscripts breaks rsyslog (<< 5.8.2-2)
This doesn't sound right, wheezy has 5.8.11-3. Please post th
Hey everyone, I have been using the Debian OS for a while, love it, but am
having a bit of trouble going from Squeeze to Wheezy. Looks like /dev/xconsole
is missing now!
I always have the xconsole program running in my X windows. But now when I
start up my X, the xconsole program just has this
Krzysztof Luban'ski wrote:
On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 18:44 +0100, Martin Waller wrote:
Am trying to run xconsole as normal user as I have done on other
versions of debian.
When I try to run it on an etch box it pops up as expected but with the
message 'Can't open console'
On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 18:44 +0100, Martin Waller wrote:
> Am trying to run xconsole as normal user as I have done on other
> versions of debian.
>
> When I try to run it on an etch box it pops up as expected but with the
> message 'Can't open console' in it.
>
Hi,
Am trying to run xconsole as normal user as I have done on other
versions of debian.
When I try to run it on an etch box it pops up as expected but with the
message 'Can't open console' in it.
Now, on my sarge box, which is due for an upgrade, it runs fine. I
notice
Hi,
When I try and run 'xconsole' as a normal user, I get the error message
"Couldn't open console'.
When I try to use Xnest to get a root x login (gdm), I get the error
message 'System administrator is not allowed to login to this screen'.
I understand t
Basicaly xconsole is alright (beside that it takes space from the task
bar), I thought maybe there is some programm which integrates just a
little bit better to KDE (like docking to the panel)...
- Martin
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, s. keeling wrote:
Why do you need a kde app which replaces xconsole
Incoming from Martin Fluch:
>
> Is there a possibility to get the messages send to /dev/xconsole vissible
> on the root window whilest running KDE (in my case the latest version
> comming with Debian unstable)?
>
> Or alternatively, is there a KDE application which repl
Hi!
Is there a possibility to get the messages send to /dev/xconsole vissible
on the root window whilest running KDE (in my case the latest version
comming with Debian unstable)?
Or alternatively, is there a KDE application which replaces the "xconsole"
application which comes alon
Jaume & Nick, thanks!
> JG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-29 11:01]:
>
> Add a line like
>
> Style "XTerm" NoTitle
>
> to your ~/.fvwm/.fvwm2rc . You can find examples of .fvwm2rc files
if I corretyl understand, this would lead to all xterm being started
without title. However, I would like t
Hi Lukas,
* Lukas Ruf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031029 18:18]:
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to run an xterm window without title-bar on the top of
> the window. I fiddled around for quite a while but have not managed
> to arrive at a point that makes sense. I run
>
> ii fvwm 2.4.16-2 F(?)
emulator
on unstable.
The second issue I have no clue on how to configure is xconsole.
Explained briefly: I cannot manage to start it properly. Is there
anything that I need to take care of in particular? xconsole
complains always "Couldn't open console".
From the man pa
Hi All,
I am running Debian Linux 2.2r6-potato.
When I try to open an xconsole from the menu, it opens up with the message:
"Couldn't open xconsole"
With help from linux newsgroups, I did the following:
As root:
rm /dev/xconsole
mknod -m 666 /dev/xconsole p
As user:
xcon
Hi All,
I am running Debian Linux 2.2r6-potato.
When I try to open an xconsole from the menu, it opens up with the message:
"Couldn't open xconsole"
With help from linux newsgroups, I did the following:
As root:
rm /dev/xconsole
mknod -m 666 /dev/xconsole p
As user:
xcon
Hi,
I am running Debian Linux 2.2r6-potato.
When I try to open an xconsole from the menu, it opens up with the message:
"Couldn't open xconsole"
With help from linux newsgroups, I did the following:
As root:
rm /dev/xconsole
mknod -m 666 /dev/xconsole p
As user:
xconsole -file
I am running Debian Linux 2.2r6.
When I try to open an xconsole from the menu, it opens up with the message:
"Couldn't open xconsole"
With help from linux newsgroups, I did the following:
As root:
rm /dev/xconsole
mknod -m 666 /dev/xconsole p
As user:
xconsole -file /dev/xcons
I am running Debian Linux 2.2r6.
When I try to open an xconsole from the menu, it opens up with the message:
"Couldn't open xconsole"
With help from linux newsgroups, I did the following:
As root:
rm /dev/xconsole
mknod -m 666 /dev/xconsole p
As user:
xconsole -file /dev/xcons
On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> I really wish I could stop that xconsole loading but I can't dind it
> anywhere no matter how mcu grepping /etc/X11 I do. How does one stop
> it appearing?
It seems to be started by /etc/X11/Xsetup in sid. I swear there was a
way to sh
On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 01:01:52AM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
>On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Michael Kahle wrote:
>
>This is normal. It only reads anything you send at /dev/xconsole. You
>can have X start this automatically, with a little tweek (look around in
>/etc/X
r a
> lightweight
> > window manager. I managed to get everything working fine, but when
> I
> > launch XConsole it won't let me put any input into the xconsole window.
> > When I'm root I get a blank window and when selected I try and type
> > and just get beeps
On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Michael Kahle wrote:
> I made the decision today to install XFree86 with afterstep for a lightweight
> window manager. I managed to get everything working fine, but when I
> launch XConsole it won't let me put any input into the xconsole window.
This is no
rking fine, but when I
> launch XConsole it won't let me put any input into the xconsole window.
> When I'm root I get a blank window and when selected I try and type
> and just get beeps every time a key is pressed. When I am logged in
> as my user account, I still get the
et everything working fine, but when I
> launch XConsole it won't let me put any input into the xconsole window.
> When I'm root I get a blank window and when selected I try and type
> and just get beeps every time a key is pressed. When I am logged in
> as my user account
I have been using Debian Woody now for about 2 months. This is installed
on an old P5 166 w/ 64 mb of ram.
I made the decision today to install XFree86 with afterstep for a lightweight
window manager. I managed to get everything working fine, but when I
launch XConsole it won't let me pu
on Fri, 28 Dec 2001 03:37:18PM -0500, Brian Nelson insinuated:
> Well, that's not my only beef with WMaker. Also on that list:
[...]
> - won't save the omnipresent attribute across sessions (I had to hack
what version are you running? i've got 0.41, and it saves that
attribute fine ...
<[EMA
"Karsten M. Self" writes:
> on Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 11:17:46AM -0500, Noah Meyerhans ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 09:50:58AM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote:
> > >
> > > No, but it's a known bug in wmaker that's been there for a while. For
> > > me, making any window omni
on Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 11:17:46AM -0500, Noah Meyerhans ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 09:50:58AM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote:
> >
> > No, but it's a known bug in wmaker that's been there for a while. For
> > me, making any window omnipresent will pin the cpu usage at 100%.
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 09:50:58AM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote:
>
> No, but it's a known bug in wmaker that's been there for a while. For
> me, making any window omnipresent will pin the cpu usage at 100%. I
> gave up on wmaker and switched to KDE.
>
Actually, it is trivial to work around. Ther
nd xfree68_s3 (The Trio64+ is not supported in Xfree
> 4.1.0) would go to upwards of 60%. This is when I'm staring at a nearly
> empty desktop. Nearly empty, except for an xconsole that was started
> witn xdm. Maybe it's just me, but even on a p200 w/ 64MB of RAM, 100%
> CPU usa
) would go to upwards of
60%. This is when I'm staring at a nearly empty desktop. Nearly empty, except
for an xconsole that was started witn xdm. Maybe it's just me, but even on a
p200 w/ 64MB of RAM, 100% CPU usage at idle running an accelerated server at
24bpp doesn't sound right.
on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:18:29PM -0800, Brian Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> "Karsten M. Self" writes:
>
> > on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 10:54:16PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL
> > PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > >
> > > I've no
"Karsten M. Self" 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 ro
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 sta
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
I noticed that xconsole eats up a lot of ram:
PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND
4725 root 14 -10 105M 13M 11244 S < 0.0 11.2 2208m XFree86
10873 erik 10 0 18224 11M 5800 S 0.0 9.4 0:27
communicator-sm
4753 root 9 0 8
On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 03:24:34AM +0200, Eamon Roque wrote:
| And you're right, dman, syslog gives a lot more than /dev/xconsole.
| :)
I found out the difference this morning -- /dev/xconsole is a
duplicate of /var/log/messages. Some messages may only occur in
either syslog or message
Am 28 Aug 2001 14:54:05 -0400 schrieb dman:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 08:14:51PM +0200, arf wrote:
> | Le Mardi 28 Août 2001 16:49, dman a écrit :
> | [snippely, snippely]
> | > |
> | > | I have no idea if there is an issue with devfs, but are you sure
> | > | xconsole
On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 06:45:35PM -0700, Eric G. Miller wrote:
| On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 01:58:18AM +0200, Eamon Roque wrote:
| > Hi!
| >
| > Is there anything special that one has to do to get xconsole working
| > with devfs? I have the newest devfsd from unstable, but xconsole just
On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 01:58:18AM +0200, Eamon Roque wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Is there anything special that one has to do to get xconsole working
> with devfs? I have the newest devfsd from unstable, but xconsole just
> doesn't seem to want to start. I have it starting in my Xsess
Hi!
Is there anything special that one has to do to get xconsole working
with devfs? I have the newest devfsd from unstable, but xconsole just
doesn't seem to want to start. I have it starting in my Xsession file
(/etc/X11/Xsession) and have put it in xinitrc for good measure. no
dice.
Is
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 10:43:53PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> At some point, an "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" made a
> change that has "xconsole" starting up along with X-Windows. I
> personally don't like the program and don't use it
* ktb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [001228 23:02]:
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 10:43:53PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > At some point, an "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" made a change that
> > has "xconsole" starting up along with X-Windows. I personally d
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 10:43:53PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> At some point, an "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" made a change that has
> "xconsole" starting up along with X-Windows. I personally don't like the
> program and don't use it
At some point, an "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" made a change that has
"xconsole" starting up along with X-Windows. I personally don't like the
program and don't use it and would like to get rid of it.
I've went through various files/scripts i
I am running unstable, kernel 2.2.17, I noticed that sometimexconsole
eats up about 50% of memory as reported by top. it usually happens
afterthere have been a LOT of messages, but messages stopped coming few
hours ago and the memory usage by xconsole did not go down.
any ideas? is that a bug
Till Neunhoeffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> Oct 11 11:26:18 wetap50 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
[...]
> This happens on several machines, all of which are running potato with a
> 2.2.17pre6 from the debian kernel source package.
[...]
It is a known problem in 2.2.16 and s
Hi everybody,
We see strange messages in the kernel log, the syslog, and the
xconsole. They read
Oct 11 11:26:18 wetap50 kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
kswapd...
This happens on several machines, all of which are running potato with a
2.2.17pre6 from the debian kernel source
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Xconsole is supposed to show messages coming from syslogd(8). For it
> to work under linux, an entry has to be made in /etc/syslog.conf
> looking like this:
>
> # The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the `xconsole' utility. To
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 08:29:46PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
:>>>>> "john" == john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
:
:john> KDE is installed and seems to behave as before except that on
:john> booting xconsole screen appears with no contents and a new
:
>>>>> "john" == john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
john> KDE is installed and seems to behave as before except that on
john> booting xconsole screen appears with no contents and a new
john> screen starts each time - I now have 8, one on top of the
jo
t was able (easily
I thought) to correct this position. Now I find a problem with
xconsole which I can't solve and yet don't see how it can be related
to what I've been doing.
KDE is installed and seems to behave as before except that on booting
xconsole screen appears with no content
On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 03:50:16PM -0700, Nick wrote:
> i need something similar to xconsole
>
> smething that i can monitor the process goiing on in hte machine
>
> running 2.2 potato w/ 2.2.15 kernel
>
> anyone know of a good app?
I like xrootconsole (search at Fre
On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 04:14:03PM -0700, Nick wrote:
> hello list:
>
> my xconsole stopped functioning properly after upgrading to potato
>
> chit says: Couldn't open console
>
> i have tried to remake it w/ the following
>
> mkfifo /dev/xconsole
> tells me
hello list:
my xconsole stopped functioning properly after upgrading to potato
chit says: Couldn't open console
i have tried to remake it w/ the following
mkfifo /dev/xconsole
tells me file already exists
it can't seem to reinitailize it or whatever
any suggestions?
i need something similar to xconsole
smething that i can monitor the process goiing on in hte machine
running 2.2 potato w/ 2.2.15 kernel
anyone know of a good app?
thankx nick
Hi Eric,
> I can't figure out how to see console messages while I'm using X (I'musing
> Gnome, if it matters). I do recall that it was straightforward on earlier
> releases of Debian, but I can't recall how it was done.
> Now if I start xconsole after logging
it was done.
>
> Now if I start xconsole after logging in, it displays an error "Can't
> open console". I tried putting `xconsole &' at the end of
> /etc/gdm/Init/Default, but that only displayed a blank console while
> the login: prompt was visible.
>
I can't figure out how to see console messages while I'm using X (I'm
using Gnome, if it matters). I do recall that it was straightforward
on earlier releases of Debian, but I can't recall how it was done.
Now if I start xconsole after logging in, it displays an error &quo
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 12:59:08AM +0200, Vitux wrote:
> I see. Security isn't such a big issue on this stand-alone
> home-use box, but anyway: how do I find out which group owns
> /dev/xconsole?
ls -l /dev/xconsole
Should be root.adm and be a fifo
Brad wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 03:47:53PM +0200, Vitux wrote:
> > Previously (in slink, 4 days ago), Xconsole was run when
> > launching fvwm. Now, it doesn't start automagically, and gives
> > an error: Couldn't open console when I start it manually.
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 03:47:53PM +0200, Vitux wrote:
> Previously (in slink, 4 days ago), Xconsole was run when
> launching fvwm. Now, it doesn't start automagically, and gives
> an error: Couldn't open console when I start it manually.
> I find it quite annoying; I'v
if you didn't specify the file option, try:
xconsole -file /dev/xconsole
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 03:47:53PM +0200, Vitux wrote:
> Hi Debs
> Previously (in slink, 4 days ago), Xconsole was run when
> launching fvwm. Now, it doesn't start automagically, and gives
> a
Hi Debs
Previously (in slink, 4 days ago), Xconsole was run when
launching fvwm. Now, it doesn't start automagically, and gives
an error: Couldn't open console when I start it manually.
I find it quite annoying; I've gotten used to keeping an eye
on the modem when dialing and my
On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 10:48:20AM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using xdm to login on my linux box. For installing some X-related
> stuff, I had stopped xdm and then restarted it. Since then I am not
> getting the xconsole window for all login accounts. Typing xconso
Hi,
I am using xdm to login on my linux box. For installing some X-related stuff,
I had stopped xdm and then restarted it. Since then I am not getting
the xconsole window for all login accounts. Typing xconsole
gives me a window with the message "Couldn't open console". Tried th
David Ranch's
TrinityOs installation, with my own modifications for Debian.
After locking down inet.d, and implementing a strong rc.firewall
(similar to the one used in the IPCHAINS Howto), I have been
receiving the following xconsole output fairly regu
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 07:32:29PM -0600, David J. Kanter wrote:
> > Yesterday I updated my XFree86 packages, and now the iconized xconsole
> > window that used to appear when starting fvwm is gone. If I log on as root,
> > it's there but as a regular user it
On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 07:32:29PM -0600, David J. Kanter wrote:
> Yesterday I updated my XFree86 packages, and now the iconized xconsole
> window that used to appear when starting fvwm is gone. If I log on as root,
> it's there but as a regular user it's not.
>
> Wha
Yesterday I updated my XFree86 packages, and now the iconized xconsole
window that used to appear when starting fvwm is gone. If I log on as root,
it's there but as a regular user it's not.
What happened?
--
David J. Kanter
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some what recently, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote about xconsole "couldn't open console"
>:) After an apt-get upgrade (using potato) attempts to open xconsole
>:) show the above error. I can't pinpoint the exact time of the problem
>:) because wi
After an apt-get upgrade (using potato) attempts to open xconsole
show the above error. I can't pinpoint the exact time of the problem
because with Linux I went weeks between boots, and it's started by my
.Xsession.
I tried looking up the problem in the Debian-User archives, but
unf
To reply to my own message, what I figured out is I needed to move
"-file /dev/console" to the beginning of the command like so,
"+ "I" exec xconsole -file /dev/console" now it's working fine.
kent
ktb wrote:
>
> I have a line in my ~/.fvwm2
I have a line in my ~/.fvwm2/init.hook file,
+ "I" exec xconsole -geometry 480x130+297+434 -bg gainsboro -exitOnFail
-dae -notify -file /dev/console
These are the permissions,
~$ l /dev/xconsole
prw-rw-rw- 1 root adm 1951 Dec 7 00:10 /dev/xconsole|
At any rate with
On 20/11/99 Brian Servis wrote:
I fixed it by adding my user to the adm group. I don't know the
reasononing behind having xconsole as group adm though. It is the
only device in /dev with that group ownership. Remember that passwords
and other private info can be put on the logs so don&#
*- On 20 Nov, Chia-Sheng Chang wrote about "xconsole problem"
> Hi, all,
> I run xdm on my computer but every time I login, xconsole always
> responses "can not open console". How to solve this??
>
% ls -l /dev/xconsole
0 prw-r-1 root adm
Hi, all,
I run xdm on my computer but every time I login, xconsole always
responses "can not open console". How to solve this??
Thanks.
--
Chia-Sheng Chang
Institute of Communications Engineering
College of Electrical Engineering
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan 10
On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, John Miskinis wrote:
> Hello (and Thanks for continued help),
>
> I have included the "xconsole" output, when I insert the card
> after the system is up. I also included what is output when I
> pulled out the card, as it notes that the SW INT is se
Hello (and Thanks for continued help),
I have included the "xconsole" output, when I insert the card
after the system is up. I also included what is output when I
pulled out the card, as it notes that the SW INT is set and "Why?".
I also made the /dev/sr0 device from /de
Hello list people;
Anyone out there know what it takes to get xconsole working as not
root. All I get is a "Couldn't open console" message. The man page
isn't much help and there are no debuging options. I tried chmod'ing
/dev/xconsole and /dev/tty0 but it didn't
Hello,
I used to have xconsole on my windowmanager (in every
windowmanager) as normal user, now I lost it.
Don't know how I did it. ;(
Tried to start it from xterm : I get a window with the nice message :
"couldn't open console" and that's it.
Tried to start it as ro
> I know how to get wterm to become transparent, but what I should have
> said was how can wterm's transparency and other options be applied to
> xconsole. I'm looking for some way to alter the command
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole -notify ..... -file /dev/xconsole to incorpora
> I know how to get wterm to become transparent, but what I should have said
> was how can wterm's transparency and other options be applied to xconsole.
are you sure it was really xconsole that was transparent?
Maybe it was just an eterm with "tail -f logfilename" r
Emil Soleyman-Zomalan wrote:
>
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
>
> I know how to get wterm to become transparent, but what I should have said
> was how can wterm's transparency and other options be applied to xconsole.
> I'm looking for some way to alter the com
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
I know how to get wterm to become transparent, but what I should have said
was how can wterm's transparency and other options be applied to xconsole.
I'm looking for some way to alter the command /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole
- -notify . -file /dev/x
Emil Soleyman-Zomalan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have seen screenshots of themes at Themes.org with their
> xconsoles being transparent. I went ahead and got wterm through
> apt but do not know how to "exactly" go about doing it. I was
> wondering if anyone can guide me
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hi,
I have seen screenshots of themes at Themes.org with their
xconsoles being transparent. I went ahead and got wterm through
apt but do not know how to "exactly" go about doing it. I was
wondering if anyone can guide me through
*- On 30 Mar, ktb wrote about "xconsole placement"
> I have been working on this one for awhile and can't come up with an
> answer. Xconsole is iconified when I start X and when I deiconify it,
> it opens off screen. What I want is xconsole to be open and in view at
&
I have been working on this one for awhile and can't come up with an
answer. Xconsole is iconified when I start X and when I deiconify it,
it opens off screen. What I want is xconsole to be open and in view at
the bottom of my screen when my X session starts. Xconsole seems to be
coming
Linh Dang writes:
> Why the PAP (ppp) passwd is shown by xconsole. /var/log/ppp can only be
> read by adm group, but xconsole can be seen by anyone. Isn't it a
> security issue ???
There's a bug in pppd that cause it to ignore efforts to tell it not to
show PAP passwords. Com
Why the PAP (ppp) passwd is shown by xconsole. /var/log/ppp
can only be read by adm group, but xconsole can be seen
by anyone. Isn't it a security issue ???
(btw, I run potato)
--
Linh Dang
Alan,
Point taken; sorry about coming off so hot at first. :-)
Thanks for offering the solution.
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, you wrote:
>
>I'm sorry that my response upset you, but try not to overreact next time.
>
>Alan
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
'til next we type...
HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
base, rather than picking on
> others for their lack of expertise on a given topic.
>
Hey, chill out man. I was being a bit flippant at the time, sorry if you
took it so personally. The reason I called your distaste of xconsole an
aversion to security is because xconsole is a better way of h
In a message dated 2/28/99 1:04:48 AM Central Standard Time,
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> any case I seem not to have a xdm.options file. Perhaps you could be less
xdm.options is a file in slink. hamm used a config file in /etc/X11.The
change is the same in either case.
-Jay
On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 10:52:09PM -0800, Jesse Evans wrote:
> Calling up the man page on xconsole does not give me any clues as to
> how to prevent a user from having it appear in their logon. I've read the man
> page; what else would you expect of me?
xconsole is jus
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> The file /etc/X11/xdm/xdm.options probably has the line
> run-xconsole
>
> which, when commented out (#) will get xdm (the program that provides that
> "login banner") to stop starting and running xconsole.
If you use hamm this would p
lower right corner of my display when the log-in banner is
>> running and is still there when kde, my window manager, sets up.
>>
>> What's this about? I find it distracting and would like to get
>> rid of it.
>
>I think you answered your own question: xcon
others for their lack of
expertise on a given topic.
Calling up the man page on xconsole does not give me any clues as to
how to prevent a user from having it appear in their logon. I've read the man
page; what else would you expect of me?
'til next we type
HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
wer right corner of my display when the log-in banner is
> running and is still there when kde, my window manager, sets up.
>
> What's this about? I find it distracting and would like to get
> rid of it.
I think you answered your own question: xconsole is a continously updated
syst
Folks,
After this morning's apt-get dist-upgrade, a whole bunch of X windows
stuff got replaced. (I'm running slink.) Now, when I start up, I get a console
window displaying various system messages. This shows up in the lower right
corner of my display when the log-in banner is running and
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