On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 09:33:08PM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 02:45:43AM +0200, Janto Trappe wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:13:36AM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote: > > > debugging. There's a package that pipe into less on a console, so you can > > Do you know the name of this package? I think its very useful. > > It's not hard to find (once you to look for it:): > > bigfoot:~# apt-cache search less console > aview - An high quality ascii-art image(pgm) browser > console-log - Keeps a less syslog running on tty9 > konsole - X terminal emulation for KDE > > The winner is ... console-log. > > bigfoot:~# apt-cache show console-log > Package: console-log > Priority: optional > Section: admin > Installed-Size: 48 > Maintainer: Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Architecture: all > Version: 0.5 > Depends: less, run (>=0.9.2-4), console-tools > Filename: pool/main/c/console-log/console-log_0.5_all.deb > Size: 5000 > MD5sum: fdded8c42d3b4e9322a9e2d3dcd608fe > Description: Keeps a less syslog running on tty9 > console-log keeps your syslog and your exim mainlog running in a less > process on tty9/tty8. It also makes sure that this console is visible > automatically after system boot so that a crashed system at least > leaves the syslog readable on the console before reset. Using less > makes searching, tagging and highlighting possible. > > apt-cache is your friend. Learn how to use its features :) > > -- > #define X(x,y) x##y > Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , ns.ca) > > "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! > Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack > my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BCE
I had problems early on with console-log keeping machines from properly rebooting during remote reboots over ssh. Did that get cleared up? I could never track down why so I didn't submit a bug report on it, because I wasn't sure if it was a local problem to that machine only or not. -- Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key fingerprint = DCAF 2B9D CC9B 96FA 7A6D AAF4 2D61 77C5 7ECE C1D2 Public Key available upon request, or at wwwkeys.pgp.net and others.