root tail
Hi,
A long time ago I had a command that would open a transparent, bordless, menuless window that stuck to the lower left of all workspacess and just did a tail -f on /var/log/message. I know there was a project 'root tail' to do this, but it does approx. nothing when I use it. I'm using GNOME/METACITY on Xorg on RHEL4. I can't seem to figure out how I used to do this, or what terminal program I used. Does anyone do anything similar? Thanks |
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Thanks but that is the one that doesn't do anything at all when I launch it.. I suspect due to some setting in GNOME that doesn't allow programs to run in the root window.
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do you get any errors while starting the program?
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You DO know about the parameters it needs to be
invoked with? Just asking :) Cheers, Tink |
Yes, I've tried quite a few a arguments to the program, still nothing shows up. For instance:
root-tail -color white /var/log/messages My background is solid black. I have read you need to enable 'write unders' or 'allow applications to run in root window' at a couple places. I'm using RHEL4 Gnome/ Metacity. Does anyone know where that is done? Thanks |
start the proggy and look in the process' for a running instance of root-tail.....if its running the default geometry is off for your monitor and need to specify the geometry.
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it is running, and it isn't a geometry issue.. i can specify the location of other x apps (xterm etc) and they appear where I tell them to
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just right-click on your desktop and go to "something like manage desktop" and then click on "behavior" in the left window. Beneath "general" it's the second option: "allow programs on desktop" Guess on GNOME and the others, it is like-wise. Hope you can understand my poor explenation, i'm not speaking english very well :) :) Lemme know if it works out! :p |
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