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From: russ@groucho.ucar.edu (Russ Rew)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Console output on a SUN 3/50 running xdm
Summary: use -C option to xterm
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Date: 5 Dec 88 14:55:58 GMT
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In article <14359@lll-winken.llnl.gov> brooks@maddog.llnl.gov () writes:
>
>Having managed to get xdm running on a SUN 3/50 running SUNOS 4.0
>and X11R3, I note that console output (su notifications and the
>like) causes the screen to get hosed and one has to use xrefresh
>to fix things up.  Under the old X10R4 system we ran console output
>appeared in your "login" window. Is there some way one can have
>console output appear in some sort of "console window" under
>X11R3 started up with xdm?
>

Just make sure you use the "-C" option when invoking the xterm to
which you want console output sent.  For example, the last line in my
".xsession" file starts up a console window with a login shell:
  exec xterm -title login -geometry 80x10+1+20 -rv -C -ls

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