Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpcvlx!tay From: tay@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Mike Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Re: Why doesn't xterm -C work? Message-ID: <101950218@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com> Date: 16 May 91 18:02:04 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA Lines: 32 > System: 9000/3XX > O/S: 7.0 > > According to the HP documentation, the "-C" option to xterm and hpterm > should grab output to /dev/console, but the option does not appear to > work, even if I start the window as root. What do I need to do to make > this work? The man page for xterm says: -C This option indicates that this window should be receive console output. This is not supported on all systems. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ Also look under XCONSOLES near the end of the hpterm man page for additional details on the -C option. Peace, Mike Taylor Current Products Engineering & Online Interface Technology Operation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Surface: Hewlett-Packard Internet: tay@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com 1000 NE Circle Boulevard UUCP: {hpfcla}!hpcvlx!tay Corvallis, Oregon 97330 Fax: (503) 750-4980 "I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal!" - Zaphod Beeblebrox