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Bug 25680 - wall messages not received on X terminal sessions
Summary: wall messages not received on X terminal sessions
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2003-07-31 20:52 UTC by Klaus-J. Wolf
Modified: 2004-06-30 09:26 UTC (History)
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Description Klaus-J. Wolf 2003-07-31 20:52:39 UTC 
Neither shutdown nor wall important messages are displayed on standard X terminals.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. shutdown -k +5 this message will not be displayed
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
On X terminals, there will be no message at all.

Expected Results:  
A message should be displayed, like it would be on console, or on SSH sessions.
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2003-07-31 20:57:13 UTC 
it depends on the terminal and how the terminal launches the shell if i 
remember correctly
Comment 2 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-08-04 12:03:34 UTC 
Cant either.  Adding the rest of the gang.
Comment 3 bartron 2003-09-05 15:47:20 UTC 
  What does "ls -l `tty`" say?
Comment 4 Aron Griffis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-06-30 09:26:48 UTC 
works for me with xterm +ls and xterm -ls.  I also saw this work correctly for a shutdown with ssh sessions.  Since this hasn't been updated in nearly a year, I'm closing it until we have more information