xdm and /dev/console windows....

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From: Dan Chaney
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 1990 20:29

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Hello all.

	I need to associate a window with /dev/console in order to
prevent cron, et al. from goofing up my root X window (background).
I'm running a Sun 4.0.1 Sparc 1+ (if that matters) with the standard 
X stuff and xdm.  I've heard there was a way to start a window as 
/dev/console (thus taking away all the output piped to /dev/console...)

Anyone know (the/a) magic incantation so to do?

Please e-mail replies, lest they be lost in a flurry of news.  If there
are megatonnages of replies, I'll summarize and post.

Thanks for any info,

-dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!rex!ukma!chaney
From: chaney@ms.uky.edu (Dan Chaney)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.windows.x
Subject: xdm and /dev/console windows....
Keywords: help!  /dev/console terminal association
Message-ID: <15752@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 2 Aug 90 20:29:55 GMT
Organization: U of Ky, Math. Sciences, Lexington KY
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