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From: Robin Lunn <robin@is.co.za>
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Subject: Re: /dev/console
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 08:56:48 +0200 (GMT)
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In-Reply-To: <199604232343.JAA12734@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 24, 96 09:13:35 am
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Michael Smith wrote:
> 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.

I use (happily) use xdm now but when I first got X going used xinit.  Same
symptoms of not being able to access /dev/console.  This went away when I
added myself to the operator group.

Oh!  That reminds me.  They might well be using /dev/ttyv0 instead of
/dev/console...  Would that make a difference?  FreeBSD comes configured to
use ttyv0 instead of console.  I'm too settled in my X session to tinker with
this idea right now.  :-)

Should you want to use /dev/console instead of /dev/ttyv0, edit /etc/ttys to
reflect the following:
console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on secure
ttyv0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  off  secure

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