Re: Showing log messages on desktop

[E&Erdem <erdem@turkcelinux.net>]

30-03-2004, 19:20, Rajesh Menon:
Thanks for all reply. I think i have to work around all... 

Eterm -x --no-cursor -g 159x15+0+840 --scrollbar 0 --buttonbar 0 -e grc
tail -n 16 -f /var/log/messages &

This is what i want. xconsole doesn't transparent (as i see), i have not
tried gdesklets, but i have.

Thanks again...

> http://cs1.cs.nyu.edu/prm225/img/scrshot/
> 
> set read perms for all on /var/log/messages, and put this in ~/.xsession:
> 
> Eterm -x --no-cursor -g 159x15+0+840 --scrollbar 0 --buttonbar 0 -e grc
> tail -n 16 -f /var/log/messages &
> 
> I use eterm and grc.
> 
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Tom wrote:
> 
> > * [Tuesday 30 March 2004 17:46] <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>):
> >
> > > > I want to see /var/log/messages on a small part of my desktop. Is
> > > > this possible? I've heard something like this.
> > >
> > > I think there is a software for KDE called Karamba that can do this.
> >
> > > > > I use Gnome2.4 on testing with 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel.
> >
> > For Gnome, there's gdesklets.
> >
> > Greets,
> > Tom
> >
> >
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> rajesh menon at http://www.cs.nyu.edu/~prm225/
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