From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 23 16:48:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA18955 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 16:48:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA18924 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 16:48:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA12734; Wed, 24 Apr 1996 09:13:35 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604232343.JAA12734@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: /dev/console To: igor@cs.ibank.ru (Igor Vinokurov) Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 09:13:35 +0930 (CST) Cc: robin@is.co.za, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <317CFB7A.41C67EA6@cs.ibank.ru> from "Igor Vinokurov" at Apr 23, 96 03:47:06 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Igor Vinokurov stands accused of saying: > > [radix:~]:110> id > uid=1000(igor) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff), 0(wheel), 5(operator) > [radix:~]:111> ls -la /dev/console > crw-rw---- 1 root operator 0, 0 Apr 23 19:43 /dev/console > [radix:~]:112> > > xconsole tell to me: "Couldn't open console". Why? You're using xinit. Don't. Use xdm like you should be; part of its startup explicitly facilitates xconsole's operation. You might also try xterm -C if you're desperate. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[