>        Alright..sorry about this cuz i just recelty re-installed X and
>forgot how to do everything:)
>        I have xconsole up but it doesn't always catch allt he console
>messages...  when i set up ppp and it gives me all that junk about local
>and remote IP address..  it pumps the info on all my xterm
>windows...whish is sorta aannoying..  any suggestions?
>

i fixed this by redirecting output in my syslog.conf file's console entry
to the system log in /var/log/
it now very seldom messes the display. not even for su's.

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