On Mon, 18 Mar 1996, Bill Hogan wrote: > BH> ... if before I crank up X I (as gonzo) do > > BH> [gonzo]:~ echo barf > /dev/console > BH> I get > BH> barf > > BH> but if I do the same thing in `xterm' I get zilch unless I do a `su'.
Sending text to /dev/console sends it to the currently active virtual console. xterms are using ptys; these are not virtual consoles. While you are in X, anything sent to /dev/console will go to the virtual console 'covered' by the X server. > So, `echo barf > /dev/console' is going to tty7 but is not showing > up in the xterm window from which the `echo' command was issued? > > Shouldn't it? It shouldn't. > I wonder if this might have something to do with my other on-going > X-related question, namely, that long after `gonzo' has quit X, when > he does `who' he still sees this: > > bedlam:[*gonzo*]~/stage $ who > bhogan tty2 Mar 17 20:09 > gonzo tty3 Mar 18 03:53 > root tty6 Mar 17 20:08 > gonzo ttyp1 Mar 18 03:54 (:0.0) This is a utmp-related problem. Things that work for some people seem not to work for others. I assume (from your other post about /dev/:0) that you are still using the version of the X packages that was included in Debian-0.93R6? The problem may well have been fixed in the new version, but it's ELF and you might not want to install it. Steve Early [EMAIL PROTECTED]
