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

Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn cristian.ionescu-idbohrn at axis.com
Mon Apr 12 20:57:24 UTC 2010


On Mon, 12 Apr 2010, Damyan Ivanov wrote:

> -=| Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn, Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 09:43:28PM +0200 |=-
> > 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.
>
> I think I see a misunderstanding here.

Yes, it is.

> This particular case of writing to the console is on purpose. It is
> used when there is no X session recognized

You're right.  Sorry about that.  I somehow missed the:

	if [ ! -S /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 ]; then

> and the console is the only way to notify the user of the event. Note:
> notification, not logging.
> It is a console version of the notification area baloon in a typical
> graphical desktop environment.

Right.


Cheers,

-- 
Cristian



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