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On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, you wrote:
No, i just want to see the system messages ( /var/log/messages) that are sent to the /dev/console device , and the app for that is xconsole but only root have read perms so the "Couldn't open console" appears.
"Steven T. Hatton" escribió:
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 08:20, Javier Martin Garcia Lopez wrote:
I want xconsole when i log in kde even if i'm not root user , but if i start by hand , this mesg appears : "Couldn't open console"
Hello, Prehaps you want root-tail? In a terminal I type < xhost + > so root can use the xserver. Then su and type root-tail /var/log/messages and the last 10 lines will appear on your desktop and scroll as new lines are added. Have a look at man root-tail for some parameters. I use root-tail -g -100-100 -fork -shade /var/log/messages,red (or green or....) -- TRBishop tb64710@alltel.net RLU#12043 SuSE 7.0.Pro / BeOS 5 Pro