Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:59:09 -0800 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: "David J. Kanter" <djkanter@nwu.edu> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Xconsole Message-ID: <38E1A9BD.2C937069@gorean.org> References: <20000328224849.A518@localhost.localdomain>
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"David J. Kanter" wrote:
>
> I keep getting "Couldn't open console" when trying to run xconsole as
> non-root. So, what am I doing wrong? I thought I compiled my kernel with the
> ability to see console messages? Do I have to be a member of a certain group?
You want to use a little-publicized feature called fbtab. Check out the
man page for it, it's located in /etc. You could also give xdm a try. It
starts xconsole as part of its normal process, and when you log in you
inherit it to your desktop.
Good luck,
Doug
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