Re: shutting down X

[Salman Ahmed <ssahmed@interlog.com>]

>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu> writes:

    Brian> Look in your /etc/syslog.conf for output to a different tty.  I
    Brian> used to use one of the following and had similiar results, I
    Brian> have since commented them out.

    Brian> #daemon,mail.*;\ # news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\ #
    Brian> *.=debug;*.=info;\ # *.=notice;*.=warn /dev/tty8
    Brian> #daemon.*;mail.*;\ # news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\ #
    Brian> *.=debug;*.=info;\ # *.=notice;*.=warn /dev/console

    Brian> /dev/console is the currently active console.  See 'man console'
    Brian> and 'man syslog.conf' for more info.


Hi Brian,

here is the relevant section from my /etc/syslog.conf before I
started modifying it:

----begin----
#
# I like to have messages displayed on the console, but only on a virtual
# console I usually leave idle.
#
#daemon,mail.*;\
#	news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\
#	*.=debug;*.=info;\
#	*.=notice;*.=warn	/dev/tty8


# The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the `xconsole' utility.  To use it,
# you must invoke `xconsole' with the `-file' option:
# 
#    $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...]
#
# NOTE: adjust the list below, or you'll go crazy if you have a reasonably
#      busy site..
#
daemon.*;mail.*;\
	news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\
	*.=debug;*.=info;\
	*.=notice;*.=warn	|/dev/xconsole
-----end-----


I tried uncommenting the first block (the one that sends output to
/dev/tty8) but when I shutdown the system I was still dumped back
to tty1/VC#1. I still had to press Ctrl+Alt+F7 to see the output
that I wanted.

Commenting out the second block (the one that sends output to
/dev/xconsole) simply gave me an empty xconsole window as expected.
It still didn't help me to see the status of shutdown (ie services
being shutdown) without pressing Ctrl+Alt+F7.

Any other suggestions ?

What does your /etc/syslog.conf file look like ?

Thanks.


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Salman Ahmed
ssahmed AT interlog DOT com