[comp.windows.x] DECwindows/ULTRIX console window?

kml@mosquito.cis.ufl.edu (Kevin Lahey) (10/14/89)

As I use both Suns and a DECstation, I'm starting to get confused going from 
twm/xinit to dxwm/dxsession.  The dxwm/dxsession combination is okay, but I'd
like to face the same environment on all of my systems, so I'd be happiest if
I could run twm on the DECstation without dxsession.

Alas, I can't seem to find a way to get console messages without the sessionManager
window.  Since ULTRIX doesn't seem to have the necessary ioctl to grab the console,
"xterm -C" won't work%.  Is there a contool-like X application for ULTRIX boxes?
Or just a way to get dxterm or xterm to grab the console messages?

Thanks,
Kevin

% In fact, xterm -C produces a interesting error message:
xterm:  bad command line option "-C"
usage:  xterm <blah blah> [-C] <blah blah>
Seems like someone #ifdef'd the -C command line code without modifying the usage string.
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ken@uf.msc.umn.edu (Ken Chin-Purcell) (10/15/89)

In article <21050@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, kml@mosquito.cis.ufl.edu (Kevin
Lahey) writes:
> Alas, I can't seem to find a way to get console messages without the
sessionManager
> window. 

Add the following line to your /etc/ttys (see 'man xcons' for more info):

xcons "/usr/bin/xcons 5 ttyp0" none on nomodem

             Ken Chin-Purcell   (aka ken@msc.umn.edu)
                  Minnesota Supercomputer Center
          1200 Washington Ave. So. Minneapolis, MN 55415