Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:33:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console grabbing in X Message-ID: <200408170333.i7H3XYdn000986@mist.nodomain>
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:42:42 +1000, Joel Hatton wrote: >> > I'm not sure what this option allows: > > # Allow ordinary users to take the console - this is useful for X. > options UCONSOLE > > I have this configured in my kernel config, but I still can't run xconsole > as a non-root user (program launches with "Couldn't open console" error). > Am I misunderstanding something? >> Wild guess: you need to chown/reprotect /dev/console. Do "man fbtab" for more information. Dan Strickhome | help
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