home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ennews!wfpc3!scowen
- From: scowen@wfpc3.la.asu.edu (Paul A. Scowen)
- Subject: Re: xwindows console/tty
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.165353.3930@ennews.eas.asu.edu>
- Sender: scowen@wfpc3 (Paul A. Scowen)
- Organization: Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Arizona State University
- References: <1992Sep6.071941.12658@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 16:53:53 GMT
- Lines: 24
-
- In article <1992Sep6.071941.12658@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>, hymowitz@whatever.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)
-
- why don't you use the standard xconsole piece of software - if it's not in your
- release of X you can get it from export.lcs.mit.edu. You can run this as part
- of your personal .xsession or the system wide one.
-
- --
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Paul A. Scowen INTERNET: scowen@wfpc3.la.asu.edu
- Department of Physics & Astronomy uk1@spacsun.rice.edu
- Arizona State University Tel: (602) 965-0938
- Tempe, AZ 85287-1504 FAX: (602) 965-7954
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-