(fwd) xconsole (?)

[Bill Hogan <bhogan@rahul.net>]

"BH" == Bill Hogan <bhogan> writes:

  BH> ... if before I crank up X I (as gonzo) do

  BH> [gonzo]:~ echo barf > /dev/console
  BH> I get
  BH> barf

  BH> but if I do the same thing in `xterm' I get zilch unless I do a `su'.

  BH> I don't have the faintest idea what caused this problem 

  BH> or how to fix it, so even the tiniest clue will be greatly appreciated.


    I just now inadvertently pressed F7 instead of F3 and voila, there
are all the missing outputs I echoed in the xterm window!

barf
    barf
        barf
            barf
                barf
                    barf
                        barf
                            barf
                                sishkabob
 

    So, `echo barf > /dev/console' is going to tty7 but is not showing
up in the xterm window from which the `echo' command was issued?

    Shouldn't it?

    I wonder if this might have something to do with my other on-going
X-related question, namely, that long after `gonzo' has quit X, when
he does `who' he still sees this:

bedlam:[*gonzo*]~/stage $ who
bhogan   tty2     Mar 17 20:09
gonzo    tty3     Mar 18 03:53
root     tty6     Mar 17 20:08
gonzo    ttyp1    Mar 18 03:54 (:0.0)

   Bill