What would I type to copy the error messages that X is producing on tty1 to a terminal window within Gnome.

I know I can use ctrl-alt-F1 to see the messages but it would be more convenient to have them scrolling by in a window

Thanks for any suggestions,

mark

Select it in tty1, then: crtl+alt+c, then ctrl+alt+v where u want it

Sorry, if my question wasn't clear.

I don't want to cut'n'paste, but rather pipe the messages from tty1 into a terminal window so I can see them in real time.

Thanks anyway,

mark

Open xterm in gnome and do it from there.

Check out Tail or Root-tail

@mysterio, please re-read my question. I want to some how feed in real time the messages produced on tty1 into an xterm session in Gnome

@milkshaw, thank you. I have been thinking about tail (I will man root-tail) . Would I have to somehow capture (maybe via cat?) the stuff into a file and tail -f that file?

I have been messing about with cat /dev/tty3 > /dev/pts/0 etc so I can for example issue ls -l > /dev/pts/1 in tty3 and have the results show up in the second xterm session in Gnome, just haven't found how to get tt1 one to show up.

On a side note DO NOT, EVER issue cat /dev/tty0 > /dev/pts/1 , the results are very surprising

It depends on what you want to tail, but generally everything important is already being logged to a file in /var/log
For example, XFree messages are sent to /var/log/XFree86.0.log...just tail that file and you'll see dynamically updated info.

I'm not sure if Gnome has its own log file for its desktop-specific messages, but using Fluxbox I have this in .xinitrc:
exec fluxbox >& ~/.fluxbox/log
and I tail that file to receive messages specific to the window manager.

Thanks very much milkshaw, that was what I was looking for.

mark