Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:44:39 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: (SOLVED) Console in X Message-ID: <4107E607.50709@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4107D053.1010206@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> References: <4107D053.1010206@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
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Mark Ovens wrote: > If I put this in ~/.xinitrc > > exec startkde > /dev/console 2>&1 > > to redirect messages to the console in order to read them in xconsole, X > starts and immediately exits with the error: > > /home/mark/.xinitrc: cannot create /dev/console: permission denied > > I've uncommented this line in /etc/fbtab: > > /dev/ttyv0 0600 /dev/console > Duh! Seems you have to reboot for the changes to /etc/fbtab to take effect. It's been that long since I set it up that I'd forgotten. Sorry for the noise folks. Regards, Mark
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