root-tail 1.2 on xfce 4.2 rc1: My solution

[Christian Heim]

Am Donnerstag, 25. November 2004 10:34 schrieb Gerd Bavendiek:
> Hi,
>
> yes I know this has been discussed some months ago.
>
> This is the only way I finally could get root-tail work again on xfce 4.2
> rc1:
>
> lulu:/home/bav> cat ~/Desktop/Autostart/wrap_root_tail
> #/bin/sh
> sudo root-tail -id  0x1200003  -geometry +240+230 --frame
> /var/log/messages,white /home/bav/.xsession-errors,yellow >>
> ~/.xsession-errors 2>&1 &
>
> root-tail is version 1.2 coming with SuSE 9.2.
>
> I had no luck starting it from my .xsession. I couldn't omit the id
> option. I have to use that geometry (using my former values I always
> get something like: the display isn't tall enough to display a single
> line).
For starting in .xsession you should try the following:
root-tail -id `xwininfo -int -name 'Desktop' | grep 'Desktop' | awk -F' ' 
'{ print $4 }'` -geometry +240+230 .....  

If you are using LANG="de_DE" or LANG="de_DE at euro" you should replace the 
'Desktop' with 'Arbeitsplatz'

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