Autostarting a log window in the back of WindowMaker

chrisk5527 · 10-23-2004, 01:34 PM

I'm running WindowMaker as my window manager and I would like to have a log running in the background. I'm using root-tail to do this. How can I execute a statement, lets say "root-tail /var/log/syslog" and have show in the background on login? I tried putting the command in the ~/GNUStep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart file, but nothing happened; so obviously this is the wrong file. Any ideas?

Thanks.

oneandoneis2 · 10-23-2004, 02:14 PM

Yah - running the command doesn't help if you don't tell it where to display the output

Try xterm -e root-tail /var/log/syslog

This will open an xterm and run the root-tail command within the xterm

chrisk5527 · 10-23-2004, 02:23 PM

If your in WindowMaker and issue "root-tail /var/log/syslog" it displays in the background, if you read my question carefully, you would understand that my probem is when I'm logging in.

chrisk5527 · 10-23-2004, 03:10 PM

I figured it out. In ~/GNUStep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart file use this command with your own options.
sudo root-tail -g 800x200+1120+1000 -fn lucidasanstypewriter-12 /var/log/messages -i 1&