[Debian-eeepc-devel] eeepc-acpi-scripts + console + gnu screen ircase?effect

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010, Damyan Ivanov wrote:

> -=| Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn, Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 03:20:37PM +0200 |=-
> > Is writing to /dev/console a good idea, at all?  joeuser is not
> > allowed to do that.  This is how that file is listed on my box:
> >
> > crw------- 1 root root 5, 1 Mar 15 09:23 /dev/console
>
> ACPI hooks run as root.

Ok.  That might change, but it's not a problem now.  Right?
Then it's the other thing: cluttering the console.  I do understand
messaging is important.  But 'logger' should be a better way to achieve
that.

	# tail -f /var/log/syslog

in a desktop terminal, push a button and watch the show.  No need to
switch to a console to look for messages.  I understand there are some
cases where switching to a virtual console may leed to not being able to
switch back to X.


Cheers,

-- 
Cristian