Tony Greenwood - ext 4668 wrote: > > > I know it's just a matter of personal taste, but I personally like the > > little > > > "xconsole" program...just have it there around in a corner of your > > screen... > > > > You have a point here... I just wasn't aware that there was a way to make > > the console message appear in XWindows and that you don't have to Alt-F1 > > everytime to read them. [I tried the xconsole program but no messages > > appeared there while I did get messages on the Alt-F1 screen, am I doing > > something wrong?] > > I always used xconsole to watch what Lyx was up to (especially LaTeX > runs etc.) but when I upgraded to RedHat 5.2 I had no output in the > window unless I ran xconsole su'd to root, so I've got out of the > habit now. I think the only problem is to check the permnissions of /dev/console... let they be 755 , and everything will work with xconsole, as it is probably a bad idea to suid this program... Hope this helps Thierry Michalowski
begin:vcard n:Michalowski;Thierry tel;cell:+33 6 82 93 73 30 tel;home:+41 21 601 35 22 tel;work:+41 21 349 4626 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Edipresse Publications S.A.;Informatique de Production adr:;;33,av de la gare;Lausanne;;CH-1001;Suisse version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] note;quoted-printable:<br>Unix <u>is</u> user-friendly...<br>=0D=0AIt is just selective about who its friends are.<br> x-mozilla-cpt:;1760 fn:Thierry Michalowski end:vcard
