Redirecting Console error messages

[Alan Edwards]

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

Systems are J6700, OS 11.00

Alan

[Thierry Poels_1]

Hi,

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

good luck,
Thierry.

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Alan

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



Paula

[Sundar_7 · Accepted solution]

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

[Alan Edwards]

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

Alan

[Patrick Wallek]

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.