Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PM> How can I send a message to the active console? For example, when PM> a cdrom is mounted, mount (or the kernel) reports 'changing media PM> type...', etc. to the active console - if you switch consoles, PM> the text will finish on the new active console.
I believe the kernel can do this with the printk() call. PM> Also, will this type of message appear in xconsole? If not, how PM> can I make it appear in both? It appears in xconsole, iff the X session is on the currently active VC. PM> The reason I'm asking is because I want to make a simple script to PM> run in the background and send caller-id messages to the console. Look at the write(1) and wall(1) utilities; these will let you do this without kernel-level hacking. -- _____________________________ / \ "The cat's been in the box for over | David Maze | 20 years. Nobody's feeding it. The | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | cat is dead." | http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/ | -- Grant, on Schroedinger's Cat \_____________________________/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
