On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 13:20, Scream <poisonthemon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > No, I don't want a printk() call, I want to broadcast to all open > terminals, much like the 'wall' command does. Please don't top post :) Yes,it is printk() you need....use highest priority level...most likely the message will be dumped right on the screen..instead of being catched by syslogd. And assuming that your X is running something similar to "syslog", it will be printed to X too. I remember seeing this kind of thing in KDE 3.x -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ