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Let's pretend I am compiling a kernel in tty1 then I log in to tty2 and startx as root. I know this is a nono, but I am only interested in figuring something out. Is it possible to start xterm in X and view what is going on in tty1, without doing a Ctrl+Alt+F1.
if you open a 2nd tty, startx -- :1 & will start a 2nd X server.
when I compile kernel (everything in /usr/src/linux)
make .... >makeout 2>make.err
In xterm 2
tail -f make.out
in xterm 3
tail -f make.err
in xterm 4
while [ true ];do find . -type f -iname \*\.o -cmin -1; sleep 10;done
gives me a feel how things are running
I went to Ctrl+Alt+F3 or ttyv3 and typed:
"yes"
and then went to xterm in X and typed:
"watch"
This came up:
Snoop started.
Enter device name []:ttyv3
and there it was:
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
Look into screen, too. Its a nice program. Lets you start up a terminal within another terminal, then disconnect from it, and reconnect at a later time. You can start one up in an xterm, start a kernel compile, then disconnect, and reconnect from an ssh session from work to check on it.
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