Hi Thomas, Eric <ej@goomba.dhs.org> (02/04/1999): > I know it's a somewhat sketchy issue, but I believe that the > Debian-proper way to do things would be to read from xconsole. > Especially considering that the default sysklogd.conf doesn't really > send anything specificly to /dev/console. I think the only thing that > /dev/console receives is emergency messages (and this is only because > all terminals receive them). My thinking is that if someone uses the -C > switch, they obviously want some console messages, and /dev/console > only gets a minimal amount. Also, since /dev/console is a link to > /dev/tty0 on Debian systems, it's kind of a pain in the butt to set up > sysklogd.conf to direct messages there because then you end up with > messages on whatever terminal is currently in use...which is quite > undesirable when not in X. > > I have filed this bug against Eterm and xterm also. It all grew out > of me wanting a neat looking transparent xconsole-type-thing using an > Eterm. I had to set up my sysklogd.conf to send messages to > /dev/console and it really annoyed me to get console messages in the > middle of whatever I was doing when I wasn't in X. > > Eric. what's your take on this bug? http://bugs.debian.org/35386 KiBi.
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