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- From: zhao@adx.adelphi.edu (Bin Zhao)
- Subject: Re: xwindows console/tty
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.022449.1024@adx.adelphi.edu>
- Organization: Adelphi University
- References: <1992Sep6.071941.12658@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 02:24:49 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- In article <1992Sep6.071941.12658@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> hymowitz@cs.jhu.edu (Captain Action Figure (tm)) writes:
- >hello...
- >
- >i generally use xwindows on a decstation running ultrix. unfortunately,
- >the -C option for xterm, which redirects console output to a window,
- >does not function. (the man page specifically says 'this is not supported
- >on all systems')
- >
- >so, what i'm hoping for is advice/script/program/etc. on how to indicate
- >that console output is to go to a specific window or tty. i'm hoping
- >for something non-violent, and i can't guarantee a particular name
- >for the window (i.e. it won't always be tty01)
-
- You can put the following line to youe .xsession (or the system-wide
- Xsession):
-
- cat -u /dev/xcons > ~/tmp/console.log
-
- --Bin
-
- zhao@adelphi.edu Computer Center
-