Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 16:25:45 +0200 From: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> To: White Hat <pigskin_referee@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vidcontrol: getting active vty: Inappropriate ioctl for device Message-ID: <46505A69.8090005@infidyne.com> In-Reply-To: <20070519191926.75991.qmail@web34413.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20070519191926.75991.qmail@web34413.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig833538FE9456F8751B1609F9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > vidcontrol: getting active vty: Inappropriate ioctl > for device >=20 > I have this entry in the ~/.bash_profile file: >=20 > vidcontrol lightcyan vidcontrol is trying to affect the system console, and does it by manipulation file descriptor 0 (stdin). If you are logging in at the user in question at the console it should work. But in X it won't. You can make it do what you ask to the system console with: vidcontrol < /dev/console But that will require root privileges. --=20 / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org --------------enig833538FE9456F8751B1609F9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGUFp3DNor2+l1i30RCM2+AJ9eRQ3mjaAKDgxyJGzNpD52E7qxmgCfVesu nmDf+cEs2tHvTRIxl4VFirE= =CO7t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig833538FE9456F8751B1609F9--
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