On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 16:43, E&Erdem wrote: 
> Hi,
> I want to see /var/log/messages on a small part of my desktop. Is this
> possible? I've heard something like this. 

1. apt-get install xosd
2. addgroup <username> adm   # to be able to read logs as a user
3. Execute something like this everytime X starts:
   tail -n 5 -f /var/log/messages <more files...> | osd_cat
     --offset=35 --color=white --age=5 --delay=15 --pos=top &

I think that is about it..

Olle



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