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Date:      Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:50:26 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        "David J. Kanter" <djkanter@nwu.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Xconsole
Message-ID:  <20000329205026.D237@parish>
In-Reply-To: <20000328224849.A518@localhost.localdomain>; from djkanter@nwu.edu on Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 10:48:49PM -0600
References:  <20000328224849.A518@localhost.localdomain>

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On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 10:48:49PM -0600, David J. Kanter wrote:
> I keep getting "Couldn't open console" when trying to run xconsole as
> non-root. So, what am I doing wrong? I thought I compiled my kernel with the
> ability to see console messages? Do I have to be a member of a
> certain group?

Uncomment the following line in /etc/fbtab:

/dev/ttyv0	0600	/dev/console
 
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> David Kanter
> djkanter@nwu.edu
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