root-tail working only in rootGUI. window id option in user mode does not solve issue
Hi,
I can only get root-tail v 1.2 to work if I login as root with kdm (red background) root GUI # root-tail -f -g 720x250+15+30 /var/log/messages Any suggestion, thanks? I am stuck now despite some googling and man pages saying that window id could be the key. I have removed the desktop background picture. I have only a blue screen + icons. I have enabled "allow program in desktop windows" Otherwise if I login as a user, and then su in a terminal this does not work # root-tail -f -g 720x250+15+30 /var/log/messages -id 0x48 nor does # root-tail -f -g 720x250+15+30 /var/log/messages root-tail just fork to the background # xdpyinfo | grep "window id" root window id: 0x48 As user or root I get from xwininfo xwininfo: Window id: 0x1e00009 "KDE Desktop" This does not work # root-tail -f -g 720x250+15+30 /var/log/messages -id 0x1e00009 # root-tail -f -g 720x250+15+30 /var/log/messages -id "KDE Desktop" (this give an error) xwininfo: Window id: 0x1e00009 "KDE Desktop" Absolute upper-left X: 0 Absolute upper-left Y: 0 Relative upper-left X: 0 Relative upper-left Y: 0 Width: 1280 Height: 1024 Depth: 24 Visual Class: TrueColor Border width: 0 Class: InputOutput Colormap: 0x20 (installed) Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Backing Store State: NotUseful Save Under State: no Map State: IsViewable Override Redirect State: no Corners: +0+0 -0+0 -0-0 +0-0 -geometry 1280x1024+0+0 |
Im not that good with linux
What a root tail? Maybe a dumb question |
root-tail is eye candy, real eye candy
It is a utility to display text from files (typically logs) to the background image of X directly see for pics http://www.lynucs.org/?root-tail see for info http://goof.com/pcg/marc/root-tail.html This utility has forked a few times Name: root-tail Version: 1.2-2mdk Size: 29 KB Summary: Root-tail prints text directly to an X11 root window Description: Displays a given file anywhere on your X11 root window with a transparent background. It was made because I am very lazy and this was easier than making a new rxvt pixmap each time I changed my background to simulate that transparent effect. BTW: red rootGUI has no icone in the background. Mandriva 2005LE as normal user does. It may matter to root-tail |
Not solved, but one step closer
Disabled desktop option "show icons" Desktop1? becomes a dreadfull gnome-like background (icones are still there), and it reverts to some mandriva background image xwininfo gives a new window ID wich is not 0x48 nor 0x1e00009 A terminal command such as below does not work # root-tail -f -g 720x250+15+30 /var/log/messages -id newID_number Desktop2 (or the other) revert to a uniform background color only and now root-tail works with commands # root-tail -f -g 720x250+15+30 /var/log/messages # root-tail -f -g 720x250+15+30 /var/log/messages -id 0x48 In fact this desktop is such that xwininfo gives a window ID wich root 0x48 EDIT SOLVED see http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=383583 |
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