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XCONSOLE(1) General Commands Manual XCONSOLE(1) NAME
xconsole - monitor system console messages with X SYNOPSIS
xconsole [-toolkitoption ...] [-file file-name] [-notify] [-stripNonprint] [-daemon] [-verbose] [-exitOnFail] DESCRIPTION
The xconsole program displays messages which are usually sent to /dev/console. OPTIONS
Xconsole accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional options listed below: -file file-name To monitor some other device, use this option to specify the device name. This does not work on regular files as they are always ready to be read from. -notify -nonotify When new data are received from the console and the notify option is set, the icon name of the application has " *" appended, so that it is evident even when the application is iconified. -notify is the default. -daemon This option causes xconsole to place itself in the background, using fork/exit. -verbose When set, this option directs xconsole to display an informative message in the first line of the text buffer. -exitOnFail When set, this option directs xconsole to exit when it is unable to redirect the console output. -saveLines count When set, xconsole only preserves count lines of message history instead of growing the text buffer without bound (a count of zero - the default - is treated as placing no limit on the history). X DEFAULTS
This program uses the Athena Text widget, look in the Athena Widget Set documentation for controlling it. Xconsole otherwise accepts resources of the same names as the command-line options (without the leading dash). "file" is a string type, "saveLines" an integer, and the remaining options are booleans. WIDGETS
In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of the widgets which compose xconsole. In the notation below, indenta- tion indicates hierarchical structure. The widget class name is given first, followed by the widget instance name. XConsole xconsole XConsole text ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number. XENVIRONMENT to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. FILES
/etc/X11/app-defaults/XConsole specifies required resources SEE ALSO
X(7), xrdb(1), Athena Text widget AUTHOR
Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium) X Version 11 xconsole 1.0.4 XCONSOLE(1)
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xconsole(1X) xconsole(1X) NAME
dxconsole, xconsole - monitor system console messages with X SYNOPSIS
dxconsole | xconsole [-toolkitoption...] [-file file-name] [-notify] [-stripNonprint] [-daemon] [-verbose] [-exitOnFail] [-motif] [-stdin] [-maxSize n] [-buttons] OPTIONS
The dxconsole and xconsole programs accept all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional options listed below: To monitor some other device, use this option to specify the device name. This does not work on regular files as they are always ready to be read from. When new data are received from the console and the notify option is set, the icon name of the application has "*" appended, so that it is evident even when the application is iconified. -notify is the default. This option causes dxconsole or xconsole to place itself in the background, using fork/exit. When set, this option directs dxconsole or xconsole to display an informative message in the first line of the text buffer. When set, this option directs dxconsole or xconsole to exit when it is unable to redirect the con- sole output. When set, this option causes the Motif interface to be presented. (This option is always set in dxconsole.) This option directs xconsole to read from stdin as well as /dev/console (default in dxconsole). This option establishes the maximum amount (in charac- ters) to be displayed. The default is 32768. This option governs whether clear and dismiss buttons appear. Applies only to the Motif interface and is set by default. DESCRIPTION
The dxconsole and xconsole programs display messages which are usually sent to /dev/console. By default, xconsole presents the Athena interface and dxconsole presents the Motif interface. Since dxconsole is an X client, it will terminate upon receiving a fatal error from the X server. This may occur if the swap space is low and the X Server is not able to process a request from dxconsole. X DEFAULTS
This program uses the Athena Text widget, look in the Athena Widget Set documentation for controlling it. WIDGETS
In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of the widgets which compose dxconsole and xconsole. In the notation below, indentation indicates hierarchical structure. The widget class name is given first, followed by the widget instance name. XConsole xconsole XConsole text ENVIRONMENT
to get the default host and display number. to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. FILES
specifies required resources specifies required resources SEE ALSO
X(1X), xrdb(1X), Athena Text widget, Motif Text widget AUTHOR
Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium) xconsole(1X)