Where is /dev/console in F8? --> iptables denial of nfs connection

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Bob Kinney wrote:
> --- Bob Kinney <bc98kinney at yahoo.com> wrote:
> OK, I figured out that xconsole will provide a console window, though I'm 
> surprised that there isn't a default output for it.

IIRC, by default, /dev/console is VC1, because that's the console that
the system boots up on.  If you Ctrl-Alt-F1, do you see any messages?

I usually run an xterm with the -C option to transfer the console to one
of my X windows when I start X.  Yes, xconsole is another tool you can use.

> So I turned on kernel message logging to the console via the rsyslog.conf file.
> When I try to nfs mount to this machine, though, it times out unless I 
> stop the iptables service.  When iptables is on I don't get any messages on the
> 
> console window, so I can't see the reason for the denial.  hmmph.

I don't know what level of message you are looking for, but you might
try playing with your rsyslog.conf to log more messages to the console.
By default, only critical or emergency messages go to the console,
everything else goes to the log file only, or is suppressed unless you
configure it.  You'll have to check your configuration file to be sure.
In general, I'm disappointed at what actually gets logged sometimes.  I
have programs die with no visible errors and nothing in my logs.  Kinda
makes it a guessing game as to what went wrong.  OTOH, my logs are also
full of useful information from other sources.

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