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diff --git a/desktop/root-tail/README b/desktop/root-tail/README index 2042be2b91..aaad3d9cf9 100644 --- a/desktop/root-tail/README +++ b/desktop/root-tail/README @@ -10,14 +10,13 @@ For example: root-tail -g 800x250+100+50 -font 10x20 /var/log/messages,green \ -font 12x24 /var/log/secure,red,'ALERT' -By default root-tail doesn't seem to work on XFCE. You need to -explicitly specify the ID of the display to use it (by using the "-id" -flag of root-tail). Use the xprop command to find the active root -display, and run this through the cut command to strip out the ID number -for insertion into the root-tail `-id` field. +Note for XFCE users: You may need to explicitly specify the ID of the +display to use it (by using the "-id" flag of root-tail). Use the xprop +command to find the active root display, and run this through the cut +command to strip out the ID number for insertion into the root-tail +`-id` field. -It looks a little something like this: - -root-tail -g 800x250+100+50 -font fixed /var/log/messages,green \ -/var/log/secure,red,'ALERT' -id $(xprop -root XFCE_DESKTOP_WINDOW |\ -awk '{ print $NF }') +For example: +root-tail -g 800x250+100+50 -font 10x20 /var/log/messages,green \ + -font 12x24 /var/log/secure,red,'ALERT' \ + -id $(xprop -root XFCE_DESKTOP_WINDOW | awk '{ print $NF }') |