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From: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij)
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Subject: Re: /dev/console & xconsole
To: rpt@miles.sso.loral.com (Richard Toren)
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 20:18:20 +0200 (MET DST)
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Richard Toren wrote:
> 
> Is there some magic I need to work to get xconsole to be able
> to open the console from my .xinitrc in 2.05? Did some characteristic of 
> /dev/console change?
> 
> It works if started manually after an 'su'. Current permissions are:
> 
> </dev># ll /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole
> -rwsr-xr-x  1 root  bin  16384 May  8 20:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole
> </dev># ll /dev/console
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    0,   0 Aug  6 11:53 /dev/console
> 
> .xinitrc line is:
> xconsole -geometry 400x70+617+25 & 
> 
> giving:
> "Couldn't open console   in it's window.
> 
> This used to work in 2.0R, 

See man fbtab and make sure console gets chown'ed to the one logging in at
the console.

-Guido