xdm and /dev/console windows....

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3 total messages Started by Dan Chaney Thu, 02 Aug 1990 20:29

#252

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

#253

Author: Timothy Jones
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 1990 22:24

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Try "xterm -C".  It may or may not work...

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

#254

Author: 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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