>heres the problem. When I'm in X all my console messages (ie errors, inetd
>messages, other such stuff) appears on the bottom of the desktop out of
>thin air.  This makes a mess of all the windows on that desktop and forces
>a user to refresh the desktop every couple minutes. (I'm afraid of what
>Any suggestions?
>
>	      Abraham J. Stephens


Hi, Abraham

You need to use xconsole or sth similar to take the console
message.  To do this, you may need to recompile your kernel with
option UCONSOLE enabled.  

Check http://www.netbsd.org/FAQ/index.html#xconsole for details.

          Regards

            Ruibiao

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