Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 19:07:56 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xconsole broken in recent 4.3-RC? Message-ID: <200104030208.f33284x38867@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Apr 2001 18:49:54 PDT." <XFMail.010402184954.jdp@polstra.com>
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In message <XFMail.010402184954.jdp@polstra.com>, John Polstra writes: > I've just noticed that xconsole no longer works under 4.3-RC from > March 24. The window appears but contains only "Couldn't open > console". I am in group wheel and /dev/console looks like this: > = > crw-rw---- 1 root wheel 0, 0 Apr 2 18:46 /dev/console > = > I have "options UCONSOLE" in my kernel, for whatever that's worth. > Running it under ktrace doesn't shed any light on the problem. > = > Is anybody else experiencing this? I might have fouled up my > mergemaster run, but if so I don't know how. Do you use xdm or xinit? If you use xdm take a look at your = GiveConsole and TakeConsole scripts in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm. = GiveConsole should contain: chown root /dev/console TakeConsole should contain: chmod 622 /dev/console chown root /dev/console Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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