Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 10:49:52 -0500 From: Erik Rothwell <erothwell@callgtn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Funny errors with GDM... Message-ID: <3ABE13A0.653B20CE@callgtn.com> References: <3ABE123C.6BD6E0D1@callgtn.com>
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Erik Rothwell wrote: > > Hey folks, > > I think I've finally got GDM to work with multiple displays properly (a > case of making the issue seem more complicated than it was :)) -- but, > now I do a "w" from inside (or outside X) and I get all sorts of fancy > errors such as: > > w: /dev/:1 does not exist > > And no users logged on. > > Now, I can live with this ... it's not a critical error .. but, I run > this machine in a house where at any one time 5 people are fighting for > the computer :) When I'm signed on via SSH from work, I like to see > who's on and so forth... > > Is there anyway to fix this? Is it some kind of "linux thing" not fixed > in the port? > > Thanks, > A little follow-up: I run gdm as a daemon from /etc/rc.local... also "who" works (mostly) correctly: bacchusrx@endymion ttyp1 [/dev] [10:45am] % who root ttyv0 Mar 24 19:21 bacchusrx :1 Mar 24 19:21 (console) bacchusrx :1 Mar 24 19:23 (console) bacchusrx :1 Mar 24 19:25 (console) bacchusrx :1 Mar 24 19:35 (console) (I'm only logged in once on :1 but... meh) And users reports fine, as well as last... (except 'last' says we're all on the console instead of ttyv9 through 12 which are terms X runs on...) However, w, uptime, etc all report that /dev:1: No such file or directory. Thanks, Erik. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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