> -----Original Message----- > From: Hans-Werner Hilse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 February 2006 12:34 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] X without console log window? > > > What's the purpose of this window? What is it meant to log > - as far as > > I can tell it just stays empty . . . > > That depends. It usually just outputs what is piped into > /dev/xconsole. > If nothing is piped in there, it won't display anything. But in most > cases the syslog daemon is configured to output some message classes, > if not all, to this device as well (additional to outputting > to the log > file and /dev/console). So it depends on syslog configuration whether > syslog messages show up here. Other programs w/ the corresponding > rights on /dev/xconsole can pipe their stuff there, too, of course.
Would you mind showing a default/typical/custom (whatever) config file so that I can compare with mine? -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
