no messages in xconsole

[Jeff <jcoppock1@comcast.net>]

This isn't exactly laptop specific, but I'll post this here anyway
since this problem is on my laptop.

I can't seem to get any system messages in xconsole.  When I start it
as a user, the message "Cannot open console" appears on the window.
If I start it as sudo, nothing appears in the new window, but nothing
ever does, even though there are messages appearing in
/var/log/messages and syslog.


Here is some info:

testing/unstable system

KDE3.1.5

$ ll /dev/console
crw------- 1 root tty 5, 1 2004-02-08 20:33 /dev/console

$ ll /dev/xconsole
prw------- 1 root root 0 2004-03-02 09:52 /dev/xconsole

$ cd /etc/syslog-ng/
$ grep console syslog-ng.conf
# The root's console.
destination console { usertty("root"); };
# Virtual console.
destination console_all { file("/dev/tty8"); };
# The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the nsole' utility.  To use it,
#    $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...]
destination xconsole { pipe("/dev/xconsole"); };
log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(console); };
#log { source(src); filter(f_cnews); destination(console_all); };
#log { source(src); filter(f_cother); destination(console_all); };
log { source(src); filter(f_cnews); destination(xconsole); };
log { source(src); filter(f_cother); destination(xconsole); };
log { source(src); filter(f_syslog); destination(xconsole); };


Any help is appreciated.

jc

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