xconsole is a console monitor, not an interactive terminal. If you want an interactive terminal, /usr/X11/bin/xterm -C
Kostas Oikonomou wrote: > Alan, > > I tried xconsole, it comes up, but it doesn't show anything when I run > an application that I expect to produce some messages. Also, it doesn't > accept any keyboard input. > > Kostas > > Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> No, virtual console is not a separate window, but switching the entire >> screen to another display - if you've used BSD or Linux, it's what >> Ctrl-Alt-F1/F2/etc. do there. >> >> I think /usr/X11/bin/xconsole is closer to what you're looking for. >> >> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com >> Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering >> >> >> Kostas Oikonomou wrote: >>> Thank you Hemantha. I think the vconsole is closer to what I want, >>> i.e., a permanent window on my Gnome desktop, say in the upper left-hand >>> corner, where system messages etc, go. >>> I got that in SXCE builds by specifying ''/usr/dt/bin/dtterm -C'' as a >>> startup service (I think that's the correct term) in Gnome. >>> >>> The vconsole documentation at the link you provided is somewhat opaque >>> :-), so it's not totally clear to me if the modified Xorg binary will >>> allow me to do the same thing. >>> >>> Kostas >>> >>> Hemantha Holla wrote: >>>> Kostas Oikonomou wrote: >>>>> Is there any way to have a system console under Gnome and OpenSolaris >>>>> 2008.11? >>>>> With the SXCE builds, you could use /usr/dt/bin/dtterm -C. But >>>>> OpenSolaris has eliminated all of the CDE stuff. And Gnome terminal >>>>> doesn't have a ''console'''option. >>>> Roundabout way would be to go in 'Failsafe terminal' session as root >>>> and disable gdm temporarily ( 'svcadm disable -t gdm') which will drop >>>> you into console and then doing 'svcadm enable gdm' once you are done. >>>>> Also, does anyone know if this is something that will be added in the >>>>> future? The console is not popular with Linux or Windows, but very >>>>> useful for error messages. >>>> Take a look at the vconsole project [ >>>> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/vconsole ]. I've successfully used >>>> the Xorg binary, from inside the tarball in the downloads section on >>>> that page, with Osol2008.11 to get consoles with Ctrl-Alt-F1,F2... >>>> >>>> HTH >>>> Hemantha >>>>> Kostas >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> desktop-discuss mailing list >>>>> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> desktop-discuss mailing list >>> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
