wall messages under X

Artanicus · 06-28-2005, 06:11 PM

I cannot remember whether it was another distribution, or a previous version of slackware, but I clearly remember getting a crude textbox under X with the message contents when someone sent a wall message.. Now I dont have it anymore and gravely miss it.. ):

Searched alot on this matter, also here, to no avail.. And it doesnt help at all that wall and X are pretty generic terms.. d:

Can someone name what program / script did this?

Tinkster · 06-28-2005, 06:37 PM

I've seen those in Mandrake in the past ...

Slack definitely never did it since 8.0

Artanicus · 06-28-2005, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tinkster
I've seen those in Mandrake in the past ...

Slack definitely never did it since 8.0

Well, I used to have mandrake, so thats prolly where the memory comes from..

But what actually is it? Would love to import it into my slack..

Tinkster · 06-28-2005, 09:17 PM

It's actually a KDE feature that Pat seems to have disabled
(it's part of kdebase, kwrited to be specific) for whatever reasons,
most likely performance.

Artanicus · 06-28-2005, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tinkster
It's actually a KDE feature that Pat seems to have disabled
(it's part of kdebase, kwrited to be specific) for whatever reasons,
most likely performance.

Many thanks.,. Ill look into it.. (:

kencaz · 06-28-2005, 09:29 PM

Wall command still works in MDK 10+ Here is what I get when I type:

Wall <enter>
hello
CTRL+D

This is what pop's up!

Broadcast message from kencaz (pts/1) (Tue Jun 28 18:26:08 2005):

hello

Here's some more info on it...
http://maconlinux.net/linux-man-page...ll.1.html#lbAC

KC

Tinkster · 06-28-2005, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Artanicus
Many thanks.,. Ill look into it.. (:

Some more detail :0

KDE Control Centre -> KDE Components -> Service Manager ->
Startup Services -> KDE Write Daemon