Is there a method to display pop up messages on X display? I found xmessage, however I was hoping for something a little more flexible. like being able to tell xmessage to display a file (typically one line in the file). then send it a signal to tell it to re-read the file and show the new data. Sure I can kill it and re-show it but that isnt very nice... Is there something available in centos 5 for this that I dont know about? Thanks Jerry
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:00:49AM -0400, Jerry Geis enlightened us:> Is there a method to display pop up messages on X display? > > I found xmessage, however I was hoping for something a little more > flexible. like being able to tell xmessage to display a file (typically > one line in the file). > then send it a signal to tell it to re-read the file and show the new data. > > Sure I can kill it and re-show it but that isnt very nice... > > Is there something available in centos 5 for this that I dont know about? >I don't know that it's included in CentOS 5, but xosd (On Screen Display) might do what you want. It looks like it's in RPMForge. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263
Jerry Geis wrote:> Is there something available in centos 5 for this that I dont know about?Maybe zenity can do what you want, but I'm not too sure about that. Ralph -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070521/9b822fcf/attachment.sig>
On 5/21/07, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote:> Is there something available in centos 5 for this that I dont know about?gdialog -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell
How about: ps auxw | tail -n 1 | xmessage -file - HTH Oliver Jerry Geis wrote:> flexible. like being able to tell xmessage to display a file > (typically one line in the file).-- Oliver Schulze L. | http://tinymailto.com/oliver Asuncion - Paraguay | http://www.solojuegos.mobi