[K12OSN] Broadcast message

[Bill Bardon]

On Tuesday, Nov 02 Huck wrote:
> okay I did the 'xhost +' hack and the message DID display...
> 
> I did it at the CLI as root  /xmessage -center -timeout 30 -display 
> ws251.ltsp:0 hello/
> the following warnings appeared and did not return to bash prompt
> until a.) user clicks the 'okay', b.) timeout wears off, c.) ctrl-c
> 
> Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset

I haven't tested this, but a google for xmessage turned up an
alternative:

http://getgui.sourceforge.net/

Looks pretty useful from the web site description. The full man page is
also available there. In particular, the -progress option looks
interesting.


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Bill Bardon
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