Re: utility to display syslog on tty8?
Thanks! That colorize package sounds cool also, will try it later.
//Pontus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Hall" <ahall@vitaphone.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Cc: "Pontus Edvardsson" <pontus.edvardsson@bredband.net>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: utility to display syslog on tty8?
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Pontus Edvardsson wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > short question, I read your post regarding syslog.conf, and would find
it
> > very useful, but, how do I switch to tty8? I can only switch between
1-6.
>
> Essentially, you can't switch to a virtual terminal that hasn't been
> activated. Sending data to the VT will activate it, and you'll be able
> to switch to that VT. (1-6 are activated at boot as set in
> /etc/inittab.)
>
> See also man pages for chvt(1) and openvt(1).
>
> I do much the same thing with my logs, but I filter them through a script
> that adds ANSI color to the output, which adds value both aesthetic
> (it looks cool) and practical (easy to spot unusual occurances). I use
> the colorize script; there are others.
>
> - Aaron
>
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