> vidcontrol: getting active vty: Inappropriate ioctl
> for device
> 
> I have this entry in the ~/.bash_profile file:
> 
> vidcontrol lightcyan

vidcontrol is trying to affect the system console, and does it by
manipulation file descriptor 0 (stdin). If you are logging in at the
user in question at the console it should work. But in X it won't. You
can make it do what you ask to the system console with:

   vidcontrol < /dev/console

But that will require root privileges.

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