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Re: xdm and /dev/console windows....

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From: Dan Chaney
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 1990 23:04
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chaney@ms.uky.edu (Me) wrote:

>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).

Thanks...I got the answer.   Classic case of reading the wrong FM page.
Oh well...who would expect an easy answer when dealing with X pkgs?

-dan (Who cannot see the forest for those damn trees....)


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From: chaney@ms.uky.edu (Dan Chaney)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xdm and /dev/console windows....
Keywords: help!  /dev/console terminal association
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Date: 2 Aug 90 23:04:01 GMT
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Organization: U of Ky, Math. Sciences, Lexington KY
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