Re: xconsole placement
To reply to my own message, what I figured out is I needed to move
"-file /dev/console" to the beginning of the command like so,
"+ "I" exec xconsole -file /dev/console...." now it's working fine.
kent
ktb wrote:
>
> I have a line in my ~/.fvwm2/init.hook file,
>
> + "I" exec xconsole -geometry 480x130+297+434 -bg gainsboro -exitOnFail
> -dae -notify -file /dev/console
>
> These are the permissions,
>
> ~$ l /dev/xconsole
> prw-rw-rw- 1 root adm 1951 Dec 7 00:10 /dev/xconsole|
>
> At any rate with this setup, xconsole appears on my screen for a second
> and then winks out. I've looked through the various xdm files and found
> a place (/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources) it looked like geometry could be
> controlled but when I changed the geometry nothing happened at all even
> when I commented out the line, "XConsole.text.geometry: 480x130". The
> geometry I assigned xconsole and want, is "480x130+297+434." With this
> geometry it would stay on my screen. Otherwise the way it is it goes
> out of view when I deiconify it. Anyone know how to fix this?
> Thanks,
> kent
>
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