XConsole for every user

Javier Martin Garcia Lopez

14 Feb 2001 14 Feb '01

13:20

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" And i have this las 3 lines in "/usr/X11/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0" # geometry of xconsole is set in the Xresource file in this directory exec $xconsole -daemon -notify -nostdin -verbose $conscol -exitOnFail $xmessage -timeout 10 -default okay -center "$0: $xconsole failed." exit 1 Any ideas . thanks .... ;-) -- ====================================== mailto:jmgl219@tid.es mailto:jmartin@aubay.es Tel.91 4059380 ======================================

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Steven T. Hatton

14 Feb 14 Feb

15:30

New subject: [SLE] XConsole for every user

On Wednesday 14 February 2001 08:20, Javier Martin Garcia Lopez wrote:

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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"

And i have this las 3 lines in "/usr/X11/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0" # geometry of xconsole is set in the Xresource file in this directory exec $xconsole -daemon -notify -nostdin -verbose $conscol -exitOnFail $xmessage -timeout 10 -default okay -center "$0: $xconsole failed." exit 1

Any ideas . thanks .... ;-)

Javier, Are you asking if there is a way to have an X-login screen? If this is what you want, go into the YaST System Administration -> Login Configuration and select graphical login. Be sure X works correctly by running xdmrc from the command line. You can get back to a tty by hitting Ctl + Alt + F1 or F2, F3 ... F6. Unfortunately (unfortunate for the new administrator) this safety feature can be disabled, and is in certain default configurations. If your X is not working, you may end up with a situation in which you cannot get into the system to stop it from continually trying to run. If that happens you may have to take the system down hard and boot from CD or floppy. If this does not answer your question. Please let us know. HTH, (hope this helps) Steve

Javier Martin Garcia Lopez

18:21

New subject: [SLE] XConsole for every user

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:

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On Wednesday 14 February 2001 08:20, Javier Martin Garcia Lopez wrote:

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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"

And i have this las 3 lines in "/usr/X11/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0" # geometry of xconsole is set in the Xresource file in this directory exec $xconsole -daemon -notify -nostdin -verbose $conscol -exitOnFail $xmessage -timeout 10 -default okay -center "$0: $xconsole failed." exit 1

Any ideas . thanks .... ;-)

Javier,

Are you asking if there is a way to have an X-login screen? If this is what you want, go into the YaST System Administration -> Login Configuration and select graphical login. Be sure X works correctly by running xdmrc from the command line. You can get back to a tty by hitting Ctl + Alt + F1 or F2, F3 ... F6. Unfortunately (unfortunate for the new administrator) this safety feature can be disabled, and is in certain default configurations. If your X is not working, you may end up with a situation in which you cannot get into the system to stop it from continually trying to run. If that happens you may have to take the system down hard and boot from CD or floppy.

If this does not answer your question. Please let us know.

HTH, (hope this helps)

Steve

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Jeffrey Taylor

17:18

New subject: [SLE] XConsole for every user

Look at using sudo to allow any user to run sudo /usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages HTH, Jeffrey Quoting Javier Martin Garcia Lopez :

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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:

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On Wednesday 14 February 2001 08:20, Javier Martin Garcia Lopez wrote:

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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"

And i have this las 3 lines in "/usr/X11/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0" # geometry of xconsole is set in the Xresource file in this directory exec $xconsole -daemon -notify -nostdin -verbose $conscol -exitOnFail $xmessage -timeout 10 -default okay -center "$0: $xconsole failed." exit 1

Any ideas . thanks .... ;-)

Javier,

Are you asking if there is a way to have an X-login screen? If this is what you want, go into the YaST System Administration -> Login Configuration and select graphical login. Be sure X works correctly by running xdmrc from the command line. You can get back to a tty by hitting Ctl + Alt + F1 or F2, F3 ... F6. Unfortunately (unfortunate for the new administrator) this safety feature can be disabled, and is in certain default configurations. If your X is not working, you may end up with a situation in which you cannot get into the system to stop it from continually trying to run. If that happens you may have to take the system down hard and boot from CD or floppy.

If this does not answer your question. Please let us know.

HTH, (hope this helps)

Steve

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Tor Sigurdsson

18:49

New subject: [SLE] XConsole for every user

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Look at using sudo to allow any user to run

sudo /usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages

HTH, Jeffrey

Quoting Javier Martin Garcia Lopez :

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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:

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On Wednesday 14 February 2001 08:20, Javier Martin Garcia Lopez wrote:

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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"

And i have this las 3 lines in "/usr/X11/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0" # geometry of xconsole is set in the Xresource file in this directory exec $xconsole -daemon -notify -nostdin -verbose $conscol -exitOnFail $xmessage -timeout 10 -default okay -center "$0: $xconsole failed." exit 1

Any ideas . thanks .... ;-)

Javier,

Are you asking if there is a way to have an X-login screen? If this is what you want, go into the YaST System Administration -> Login Configuration and select graphical login. Be sure X works correctly by running xdmrc from the command line. You can get back to a tty by hitting Ctl + Alt + F1 or F2, F3 ... F6. Unfortunately (unfortunate for the new administrator) this safety feature can be disabled, and is in certain default configurations. If your X is not working, you may end up with a situation in which you cannot get into the system to stop it from continually trying to run. If that happens you may have to take the system down hard and boot from CD or floppy.

If this does not answer your question. Please let us know.

HTH, (hope this helps)

Steve

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Thomas Bishop

20:41

New subject: [SLE] XConsole for every user

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, you wrote:

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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:

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On Wednesday 14 February 2001 08:20, Javier Martin Garcia Lopez wrote:

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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

Webillo Disperso

15 Feb 15 Feb

08:40

New subject: [SLE] XConsole for every user

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select graphical login. Be sure X works correctly by running xdmrc from

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command line. You can get back to a tty by hitting Ctl + Alt + F1 or F2, F3 ... F6. Unfortunately (unfortunate for the new administrator) this safety feature can be disabled, and is in certain default configurations. If your X is not working, you may end up with a situation in which you cannot get into the system to stop it from continually trying to run. If that happens you may have to take the system down hard and boot from CD or floppy. ... If that happens, you can try, if you boot with lilo:

Hi. ----- Mensaje original ----- De: "Steven T. Hatton" Para: Enviado: miércoles, 14 de febrero de 2001 16:30 Asunto: Re: [SLE] XConsole for every user ... the lilo: linux 1 or lilo: linux 2 (supposed label 'linux' is at /etc/lilo.conf) I suppose this will make not start runlevel 3.

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Javier Martin Garcia Lopez
Jeffrey Taylor
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Thomas Bishop
Tor Sigurdsson
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