Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 13:11:02 +0800 (WST) From: David May <mayd@cygnus.uwa.edu.au> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [Q] User remote X user cannot take console via xconsole. Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9909261309490.31201-100000@cygnus.uwa.edu.au>
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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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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