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Re: Eterm --console



Thanks for your help in the matter.  It turns out that the version of
eterm I was using did not have the patch in it to look at /dev/xconsole
instead of /dev/console.  I contacted the maintaner and he hooked me
up.  
I didn't quite get to the point of changing the structure of
syslog.conf... but I did find out that the system doesn't boot properly
if you change the symboloic link of /dev/console -> /dev/tty0 to
/dev/console -> /dev/xconsole.  Not good.

--- Adam Shand <larry@alaska.net> wrote:
> 
> > My problem is in getting Eterm to grab the console messages.  I
> have
> > tried suid root, I have tried to run Eterm as root.  I have even
> tried
> > to change the owener of /dev/console.  Nothing works... the Eterm
> just
> > opens up and gives me a command prompt (normal Eterm usage).  Is
> there
> > anything I am overlookiing?  I am stumped!  I know it can be
> done...
> 
> not to point out the obvious or anything but have you made sure that
> you're
> actually loging stuff to /dev/console?  check your /etc/syslog.conf
> file for
> a line like this:
> 
> daemon.*;mail.*;\
>         news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\
>         *.=debug;*.=info;\
>         *.=notice;*.=warn       |/dev/console
> 
> adam.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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