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Date:      Thu, 13 May 1999 00:11:02 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        Kiril Mitev <kiril@ideaglobal.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: enabling xconsole
Message-ID:  <19990513001101.C258@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905121510020.23756-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Wed, May 12, 1999 at 03:10:20PM -0700
References:  <199905121112.MAA25293@idea.co.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905121510020.23756-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>

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On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 03:10:20PM -0700, Doug White wrote:
> On Wed, 12 May 1999, Kiril Mitev wrote:
> 
> > can someone let me know/point me to the docs
> > wrt how to get xconsole to grab the "the" console
> > instead of explaining that it couln't open console?
> > 
> > i have UCONSOLE in the kernel, if it makes any difference
> 
> I've noticed that xconsole gets unhappy sometimes.  What's the permissions
> on /dev/console?
> 

You also need to uncomment (or add) the following line to /etc/fbtab:

/dev/ttyv0      0600    /dev/console

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