Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 08:56:48 +0200 (GMT) From: Robin Lunn <robin@is.co.za> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/console Message-ID: <199604240656.IAA16162@admin.is.co.za> In-Reply-To: <199604232343.JAA12734@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 24, 96 09:13:35 am
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Michael Smith wrote: > You're using xinit. Don't. Use xdm like you should be; part of its > startup explicitly facilitates xconsole's operation. You might > also try xterm -C if you're desperate. I use (happily) use xdm now but when I first got X going used xinit. Same symptoms of not being able to access /dev/console. This went away when I added myself to the operator group. Oh! That reminds me. They might well be using /dev/ttyv0 instead of /dev/console... Would that make a difference? FreeBSD comes configured to use ttyv0 instead of console. I'm too settled in my X session to tinker with this idea right now. :-) Should you want to use /dev/console instead of /dev/ttyv0, edit /etc/ttys to reflect the following: console "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure -- _ __ | Only my ideas here unless I say otherwise... ' ) ) / | (BeamJack@IRC) /--' ____/___o __ | "Nondum amabam, et amare amabam... quaerebam quid / \_(_) /_) (__/) )_ | amarem, amans amare." - St Augustine
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