Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 00:11:23 +0000 () From: Jason Kuri <jaykuri@oneway.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Strange problems with tty's Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960321235932.409B-100000@oneway.com>
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I've got an odd problem, and I was hoping someone could help me out. My system works fine, and for the most part I never have any problem with it. My problem is this: When I start X, I am unable to recieve talk requests, or write messages etc. in xterms. If mesg is y before I start X, any write or talk requests show up on ttyv0, which I can only get to by hitting ctrl-alt-F1. If mesg is n before I start X, write and talk requests are denied with a message to the effect of: jaykuri@oneway.com not logged in even though I am logged in and have any number of xterms open. If I try to 'write' to myself at a particular xterm (say, ttyp0) i get a response of: jaykuri is not logged in on ttyp0. It seems that its a permissions problem with the tty* files, but I have no idea what that would be. the ls -l listing of the tty's I'm logged in on are as follows: crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 0 Mar 22 00:08 /dev/ttyp0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 1 Mar 22 00:04 /dev/ttyp1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 2 Mar 22 00:08 /dev/ttyp2 crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 3 Mar 22 00:06 /dev/ttyp3 crw------- 1 jaykuri tty 12, 0 Mar 21 23:41 /dev/ttyv0 Am I right in assuming that they should all be owned by jaykuri? I am at a loss as to what is causing this strangeness, and any help would be greatly appreciated. Jay Kuri
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