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From: ken@uf.msc.umn.edu (Ken Chin-Purcell)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: DECwindows/ULTRIX console window?
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Date: 14 Oct 89 17:46:17 GMT
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In article <21050@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, kml@mosquito.cis.ufl.edu (Kevin
Lahey) writes:
> Alas, I can't seem to find a way to get console messages without the
sessionManager
> window. 

Add the following line to your /etc/ttys (see 'man xcons' for more info):

xcons "/usr/bin/xcons 5 ttyp0" none on nomodem

             Ken Chin-Purcell   (aka ken@msc.umn.edu)
                  Minnesota Supercomputer Center
          1200 Washington Ave. So. Minneapolis, MN 55415