On Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:33:35 -0400,
Maurice Hason <macpro@shani.com> wrote:
> I had the same problem and tryed to solve it buy redirecting them to
> /dev/console but unfortunatelly I still cant get it to work. I get the
> messages both on the xconsole and on the bottom of the screen, messing up
> the other windows. Are there any other solutions?

I think you're probably logged in as root.  Don't do that, and you
won't get the syslog message directed to root's tty.

However, you can still get other messages on /dev/console or
/dev/ite0, but you can "refresh" the screen when that happens.  There
is usually "Refresh" in the window manager pop-up menus.

Also, by clearing the screen just before starting X, you can *delay*
the scrolling up that messes up the screen.

Ken