From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Apr 2 19: 9: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DB4237B71C for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:09:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id TAA08479; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:08:57 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda08476; Mon Apr 2 19:08:47 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.2/8.9.1) id f3328g468268; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:08:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpda68265; Mon Apr 2 19:08:04 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.3/8.9.1) id f33284x38867; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:08:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200104030208.f33284x38867@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdN38844; Mon Apr 2 19:07:56 2001 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: schubert To: John Polstra Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xconsole broken in recent 4.3-RC? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 02 Apr 2001 18:49:54 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 19:07:56 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , John Polstra writes: > I've just noticed that xconsole no longer works under 4.3-RC from > March 24. The window appears but contains only "Couldn't open > console". I am in group wheel and /dev/console looks like this: > = > crw-rw---- 1 root wheel 0, 0 Apr 2 18:46 /dev/console > = > I have "options UCONSOLE" in my kernel, for whatever that's worth. > Running it under ktrace doesn't shed any light on the problem. > = > Is anybody else experiencing this? I might have fouled up my > mergemaster run, but if so I don't know how. Do you use xdm or xinit? If you use xdm take a look at your = GiveConsole and TakeConsole scripts in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm. = GiveConsole should contain: chown root /dev/console TakeConsole should contain: chmod 622 /dev/console chown root /dev/console Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message