SDB:Restoring the xconsole

Version: 8.2

Situation

1. When the xserver starts, you want the system status signals to be displayed, as usual, on the xconsole.
or
2. You want the system status signals on the xconsole to be displayed, as usual, on the login manager.

Procedure

Solution for #1

Search for the following entries at the end of the file /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup:

 #
 # No xconsole fot kdm/gdm case
 #
 if test "$kdm" = "yes" -o "$gdm" = "yes" ; then
     exit 0
 fi
 

Disable these lines by inserting a comment line before them like this:

 #
 # No xconsole fot kdm/gdm case
 #
 #if test "$kdm" = "yes" -o "$gdm" = "yes" ; then
 #    exit 0
 #fi
 

The next time the system starts, the xconsole will be available.


Solution for #2

Search for the following entries at the end of the file /opt/kde3/share/config/SuSE/default/kdmrc:

 # Enable KDM's built-in xconsole. Note, that this can be enabled for only
 # one display at a time. Default is false
 ShowLog=false
 #EnableChooser=false
 # The data source for KDM's built-in xconsole. The default "" means that
 # a console log redirection should be requested from /dev/console.
 #LogSource=/dev/xconsole
 

Change the entry ShowLog=false to ShowLog=true.

If available, remove the comment sign before the entry LogSource=/dev/xconsole.
After performing these changes, the section will look like this:

 # Enable KDM's built-in xconsole. Note, that this can be enabled for only
 # one display at a time. Default is false
 ShowLog=true
 #EnableChooser=false
 # The data source for KDM's built-in xconsole. The default "" means that
 # a console log redirection should be requested from /dev/console.
 LogSource=/dev/xconsole
 

Then execute SuSEconfig as root user on a text console. To do this, proceed as follows:

Open a text console and enter:

su 

enter root's password

SuSEconfig

The next time the system starts, the status signals will be available as usual.
<keyword>Xconsole,xdm,kdm,kde</keyword>