Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 21:38:06 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: sycheng@cis.ufl.edu Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xconsole: Couldn't open console Message-ID: <199511302038.VAA20203@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199511301155.GAA08561@sloop.cis.ufl.edu> from "sycheng@cis.ufl.edu" at Nov 30, 95 06:55:26 am
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As sycheng@cis.ufl.edu wrote: > > > Please forgive me if this is a stupid question. the "xconsole" on my > machine always generate "Couldn't open console" message. I do include the > "UCONSOLE" and "XSERVER" options but still got no luck. Could anyone tell > me why ? I am using the lastest current codes. Who's the owner of your /dev/console? If you're not running xdm (and use the GiveConsole/TakeConsole scripts for chown'ing /dev/console), it's likely that your console device ain't owned by yourself. Option "XSERVER" is only still needed with pcvt, and option "UCONSOLE" just means that non-root users are allowed to redirect the console, provided they can open /dev/console. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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