Re: xconsole has vanished!
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 07:32:29PM -0600, David J. Kanter wrote: > > Yesterday I updated my XFree86 packages, and now the iconized xconsole > > window that used to appear when starting fvwm is gone. If I log on as root, > > it's there but as a regular user it's not. > > > > What happened? > > I'm guessing, but there was some discussion a while back that allowing > all users to view the output of /dev/xconsole was not a good idea. > Perhaps the configuration was thusly changed? Anyway, to fix add > yourself to the group adm (adduser adm), logout and login, > add a line in ~/.xession to start xconsole. > -- I am in the adm group and I still get "couldn't open console". Is that related to the /dev/console -> tty0? Can I simply delete /dev/console and MAKEDEV /dev/console without any complications?
Re: xconsole has vanished!
On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 07:32:29PM -0600, David J. Kanter wrote: > Yesterday I updated my XFree86 packages, and now the iconized xconsole > window that used to appear when starting fvwm is gone. If I log on as root, > it's there but as a regular user it's not. > > What happened? I'm guessing, but there was some discussion a while back that allowing all users to view the output of /dev/xconsole was not a good idea. Perhaps the configuration was thusly changed? Anyway, to fix add yourself to the group adm (adduser adm), logout and login, add a line in ~/.xession to start xconsole. -- ++ | Eric G. Milleregm2@jps.net | | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | ++
xconsole has vanished!
Yesterday I updated my XFree86 packages, and now the iconized xconsole window that used to appear when starting fvwm is gone. If I log on as root, it's there but as a regular user it's not. What happened? -- David J. Kanter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
