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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[-- Attachment #1 --] > vidcontrol: getting active vty: Inappropriate ioctl > for device > > I have this entry in the ~/.bash_profile file: > > 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. -- / 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----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-----
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