Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 10:10:15 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: David May <mayd@cygnus.uwa.edu.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Q] User remote X user cannot take console via xconsole. Message-ID: <19990926101015.C4686@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9909261309490.31201-100000@cygnus.uwa.edu.au> References: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9909261309490.31201-100000@cygnus.uwa.edu.au>
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On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 01:11:02PM +0800, David May wrote:
>
> I just went through a very painful upgrade from 2.2.8 to 3.2 and one of
> the problems I have found is that xconsole no longer works from my
> remote X sessions. It used to work under FreeBSD 2.2.8. Xconsole
> works when the X server is running on the console e.g. ttyv3. But I
> always run X Windows using VNC from my PC, which works except that the
> xconsole window always contains the message "Couldn't open console." I
> do not think this is a permissions problem as I have tried setting those
> manually. I.e. :
>
> (david@tandoori)$ls -l /dev/console
> crw--w--w- 1 david wheel 0, 0 Sep 21 18:07 /dev/console
>
> Neither does it appear to be a kernel configuration problem. I.e. :
>
> (david@tandoori)$strings /kernel |grep UCONSOLE
> ___options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console
>
> What am I doing wrong here? Does anyone know how to fix this or is it a
> known bug? Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
Add or un-comment the following line in /etc/fbtab:
/dev/ttyv0 0600 /dev/console
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