Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:12:03 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Console in X Message-ID: <4107D053.1010206@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
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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
and dev/console exists:
/home/mark{12}% ls -l /dev/con*
crw------- 1 root wheel 0, 0 28 Jul 16:55 /dev/console
crw------- 1 root wheel 234, 255 28 Jul 11:29 /dev/consolectl
This used to work in 4.x and XFree86 4.1 but now I'm running -CURRENT
and XFree86 4.3.0.
Has something changed, or have I missed something?
Thanks.
Regards,
Mark
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