Sorry, I was wrong about what gets captured by 'startx > file 2>&1'. There is a file: ~/.xsession-errors that appears to contains stuff that would - in a gdm handled login - normally go to the specified redirection in a manual startx login. So, my question is, then, how to control/capture the hardware-specific messages (example at end of post) that flood an active tty while a KDE session is starting? thanks again! --- "John H. Ingersoll, Jr." <jhijr@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello list, > > How do I re-direct std error "2" when gdm (or kdm, > whatever) is handling the login? > > My concern is about error messages that appear in an > active TTY when a client session is starting in X. > Typically, I boot at init level 5, then login as a > user with gdm handling the initial gui interface. > Because KDE takes about a minute to start up (533MHz > machine), I will use that time to jump over to TTY1 > (ctrl+alt+F1) and login as root for whatever. Almost > > immed. after the TTY login I get a screen full of > messages about cdrom unavailable , scsi this, etc > (see > example below). I say "active TTY" because going to > TTY2 instead doesn't change the behavoir. It appears > to grab whatever terminal is active. > > If I boot up at init level 3, running > $ startx > ~/StartX-LOG 2>&1 > captures all such messages in a file. Not only do > they > not interrupt a text terminal session, but they are > available for analysis later, being stored in a > file. > > Here's an example of messages that show up: > > [root@localhost root]# Attached scsi removable disk > sda at scsi0, channel 0, id > 0, lun 0 > usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1442 > sda : READ CAPACITY failed. > sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = > 08 > Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready > Additional sense indicates Medium not present > sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size > 1GB. > I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > unable to read partition table > sda : READ CAPACITY failed. > sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = > 08 > Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready > Additional sense indicates Medium not present > sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size > 1GB. > I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 > unable to read partition table > Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, > lun 0 > sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 > cdda tray > t scsi0, channel 0, id Attached scsi removable disk > sda a > IA_kernel-1.0-4191.rh80up_2.4.18_18.8.0.i586.rpm > > A second question could be: How to correct whatever > is > causing these messages? > > Thanks in Advance > > JI > "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" - Dr. > Samuel Johnson > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
