On 2. September 2004 at 1:19PM +0000, "Will Ness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have an X-Windows configuration issue, and it was suggested on IRC that I post the error log onto the mailing list for others to look at, and perhaps to solve my problem. The question is how do I do this on a strictly command prompt basis? Remember I have NO GUI, so I cannot do the normal highlight with the mouse and paste into window deal. Any advice? TIA!!
Install gpm. Highlight with the mouse, open your text editor in another in another tty (ALT+F#) and paste. This will only work if the error message isn't too long.
Just to point out the obvious, if all he wants is the X error log, it is saved to /var/log/XFree86.# ...
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