NAME

       xconsole - monitor system console messages with X

SYNOPSIS

       xconsole   [-toolkitoption   ...]  [-file  file-name]  [-notify]  [-stripNonprint]  [-daemon]  [-verbose]
       [-exitOnFail]

DESCRIPTION

       The xconsole program displays messages which are usually sent to /dev/console.

OPTIONS

       Xconsole accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along  with  the  additional  options
       listed below:

       -file file-name
               To  monitor some other device, use this option to specify the device name.  This does not work on
               regular files as they are always ready to be read from.

       -notify -nonotify
               When new data are received from the console and the notify option is set, the icon  name  of  the
               application  has  "  *"  appended,  so that it is evident even when the application is iconified.
               -notify is the default.

       -daemon This option causes xconsole to place itself in the background, using fork/exit.

       -verbose
               When set, this option directs xconsole to display an informative message in the first line of the
               text buffer.

       -exitOnFail
               When set, this option directs xconsole to exit when it is unable to redirect the console output.

       -saveLines count
               When  set,  xconsole  only  preserves  count lines of message history instead of growing the text
               buffer without bound (a count of zero - the default - is treated  as  placing  no  limit  on  the
               history).

X DEFAULTS

       This program uses the Athena Text widget, look in the Athena Widget Set documentation for controlling it.

       Xconsole  otherwise  accepts resources of the same names as the command-line options (without the leading
       dash).  "file" is a string type, "saveLines" an integer, and the remaining options are booleans.

WIDGETS

       In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of the widgets which compose  xconsole.
       In  the  notation  below,  indentation  indicates hierarchical structure.  The widget class name is given
       first, followed by the widget instance name.

       XConsole  xconsole
            XConsole  text

ENVIRONMENT

       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

       XENVIRONMENT
               to get the  name  of  a  resource  file  that  overrides  the  global  resources  stored  in  the
               RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

FILES

       /etc/X11/app-defaults/XConsole
              specifies required resources

SEE ALSO

       X(7), xrdb(1), Athena Text widget

AUTHOR

       Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium)