From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 24 01:40:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29ABE16A4CE for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:40:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8E7E43D46 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:40:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAO1eHEi084749 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:40:17 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iAO1eHmj084748; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:40:17 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:40:17 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200411240140.iAO1eHmj084748@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, "J. Porter Clark" Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6594016A4CE for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:32:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52F8343D3F for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:32:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAO1WIKi006522 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:32:18 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iAO1WIlE006521; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:32:18 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200411240132.iAO1WIlE006521@www.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:32:18 GMT From: "J. Porter Clark" To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Subject: misc/74309: xterm -C and rxvt -C do not grab /dev/console X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:40:18 -0000 >Number: 74309 >Category: misc >Synopsis: xterm -C and rxvt -C do not grab /dev/console >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 24 01:40:17 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: J. Porter Clark >Release: 5.3-STABLE >Organization: NASA MSFC >Environment: FreeBSD auricle.charter.net 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #0: Sat Nov 20 21:49:00 CST 2004 jpc@auricle.charter.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AURICLE5 i386 >Description: xterm -C and rxvt -C fail to grab the console when started from inside X. I'm using Windowmaker. Changing the owner and mode of /dev/console to me and 0666 wasn't necessary in 4.X and doesn't help in 5.3. It looks as though the TIOCCONS ioctl was changed significantly between 4.10 and 5.3. >How-To-Repeat: Run xterm -C from inside a window manager. When the window pops up, it says: xterm: cannot open console: Device busy Occasionally, the error message does not show up, but in all cases, the new terminal is not connected to /dev/console. >Fix: None. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: