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From: kml@mosquito.cis.ufl.edu (Kevin Lahey)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: DECwindows/ULTRIX console window?
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Date: 13 Oct 89 23:29:21 GMT
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As I use both Suns and a DECstation, I'm starting to get confused going from 
twm/xinit to dxwm/dxsession.  The dxwm/dxsession combination is okay, but I'd
like to face the same environment on all of my systems, so I'd be happiest if
I could run twm on the DECstation without dxsession.

Alas, I can't seem to find a way to get console messages without the sessionManager
window.  Since ULTRIX doesn't seem to have the necessary ioctl to grab the console,
"xterm -C" won't work%.  Is there a contool-like X application for ULTRIX boxes?
Or just a way to get dxterm or xterm to grab the console messages?

Thanks,
Kevin

% In fact, xterm -C produces a interesting error message:
xterm:  bad command line option "-C"
usage:  xterm <blah blah> [-C] <blah blah>
Seems like someone #ifdef'd the -C command line code without modifying the usage string.
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University of Florida, CIS   Internet: kml@mosquito.cis.ufl.edu
X11 -- the Multics of windowing systems.