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Date:      Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:44:39 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   (SOLVED) Console in X
Message-ID:  <4107E607.50709@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <4107D053.1010206@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
References:  <4107D053.1010206@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>

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Mark Ovens wrote:
> If I put this in ~/.xinitrc
> 
> exec startkde  > /dev/console 2>&1
> 
> to redirect messages to the console in order to read them in xconsole, X 
> starts and immediately exits with the error:
> 
> /home/mark/.xinitrc: cannot create /dev/console: permission denied
> 
> I've uncommented this line in /etc/fbtab:
> 
> /dev/ttyv0      0600    /dev/console
> 

Duh! Seems you have to reboot for the changes to /etc/fbtab to take 
effect. It's been that long since I set it up that I'd forgotten.

Sorry for the noise folks.

Regards,

Mark



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