x11/xconsole not showing any output

[Marco Beishuizen]

Hi,

I recently started to use x11/xdm. After logging in and when X starts, 
xconsole is also started. I thought it would be nice to follow the console 
messages in X instead of switching with Ctrl+Alt+F1 all the time.

XConsole is executed in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 and afaik it 
should display the messages from /dev/console. But I get the impression 
that xconsole is linked to ttyv8 (where X is started), instead of ttyv0 
(where all the console messages go to).

So how can I configure xconsole so that it shows the messages from 
/dev/console? I've tried to edit Xsetup_0 with the -file option but this 
does not make a difference.

Thanks in advance,
Marco

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of the Northern Ocean, happened once to meet in the realm of Chaos, the god
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