[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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