On 24 Jul 2003, A.J. Venter wrote:
> If you are running kde, you can use standard unix wall command (as
> root), KDE includes something called kwrited which will pick up unix
> write messages and display them in X.
> Sadly I have yet to find a non-kde replacement and kwrited seems to
> crash if it is called without the rest of kde running. I always found it
> most annoying that one cannot get unix write messages in X unless you
> are using KDE or in a terrminal emulator , especially as these messages
> are so widely used (for example for shutdown and reboot warnings).
>
> If anybody knows of an alternative program to do this, please let me
> know, otherwise I'll probably write one when I have time, it cannot be
> very difficult.
>
> A.J.
> On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 07:01, Technique wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I just want to send a message for all the LTSP Client Open
> >
> > Is there something how can do this ?
> >
> > Thanks
Guys, this has been discussed about a year ago. The script needed to
implement it is rather trivial:
run who -u, get names and DISPLAY variables, use gdisplay to push the
message. julius



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