topic Re: Redirecting Console error messages in Operating System - HP-UX

Redirecting Console error messages

Alan Edwards — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:01:03 GMT

Is there a way to stop console error messages writing over an X11 workstation desktop?

Systems are J6700, OS 11.00

Alan

Re: Redirecting Console error messages

Thierry Poels_1 — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:11:00 GMT

Hi,

I suppose you can play around with /etc/syslog.conf (see manpage).

good luck,
Thierry.

Re: Redirecting Console error messages

Paula J Frazer-Campbell — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:13:51 GMT

Alan

The best way is to identify all errors and fix them.
They are there for a reason.

Paula

Re: Redirecting Console error messages

Sundar_7 — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:34:03 GMT

Hi Alan,

You can defined error message types and their destination in /etc/syslog.conf

man syslogd

Once you are done with file, send a HUP signal to syslogd

Sundar

Re: Redirecting Console error messages

Alan Edwards — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:09:03 GMT

Thanks, I have updated syslog.conf to send kernel and auth notices to a log file instead of the console.

Alan

Re: Redirecting Console error messages

Patrick Wallek — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:13:36 GMT

Actually the easiest way is to open a "console window" from within CDE.

Go to the "Application Manager" (the file drawer looking icon) and open it. From within that open "Desktop Tools" and from within the "Desktop Tools" you can open a "Terminal Console". With this open all console messages will go to it and they won't mess up your desktop.

Once you have that window opened try the following:

# echo "TEST" > /dev/console

You should now see the word TEST in that window.

I keep one of those windows open all the time on my CDE desktop. I have resized it to be fairly small and leave it in the top right corner where I can always see it.