On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 16:43, E&Erdem wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to see /var/log/messages on a small part of my desktop. Is this
> possible? I've heard something like this.
1. apt-get install xosd
2. addgroup <username> adm # to be able to read logs as a user
3. Execute something like this everytime X starts:
tail -n 5 -f /var/log/messages <more files...> | osd_cat
--offset=35 --color=white --age=5 --delay=15 --pos=top &
I think that is about it..
Olle