xconsole problem

2002-09-20 Thread Anand Parikh
I am running Debian Linux 2.2r6. When I try to open an xconsole from the menu, it opens up with the message: "Couldn't open xconsole" With help from linux newsgroups, I did the following: As root: rm /dev/xconsole mknod -m 666 /dev/xconsole p As user: xconsole -file /dev/xconsole 2>&1 & kill -SI

xconsole problem

2002-09-19 Thread Anand Parikh
I am running Debian Linux 2.2r6. When I try to open an xconsole from the menu, it opens up with the message: "Couldn't open xconsole" With help from linux newsgroups, I did the following: As root: rm /dev/xconsole mknod -m 666 /dev/xconsole p As user: xconsole -file /dev/xconsole 2>&1 & kill -S

Re: xconsole problem

1999-11-21 Thread Ethan Benson
On 20/11/99 Brian Servis wrote: I fixed it by adding my user to the adm group. I don't know the reasononing behind having xconsole as group adm though. It is the only device in /dev with that group ownership. Remember that passwords and other private info can be put on the logs so don't make i

Re: xconsole problem

1999-11-20 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 20 Nov, Chia-Sheng Chang wrote about "xconsole problem" > Hi, all, > I run xdm on my computer but every time I login, xconsole always > responses "can not open console". How to solve this?? > % ls -l /dev/xconsole 0 prw-r-1 root adm

xconsole problem

1999-11-20 Thread Chia-Sheng Chang
Hi, all, I run xdm on my computer but every time I login, xconsole always responses "can not open console". How to solve this?? Thanks. -- Chia-Sheng Chang Institute of Communications Engineering College of Electrical Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan 10617 E-Mail: [E

Re: xconsole problem

1997-03-27 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote: > Still cannot seem to get xconsole to work properly. Appreciate any > suggestions anyone can offer. > > I use xdm, which gives the usual login screen. There is also > usually a blank window at the lower right side of the screen on > the xdm login screen.

xconsole problem

1997-03-27 Thread Ken Gaugler
Still cannot seem to get xconsole to work properly. Appreciate any suggestions anyone can offer. I use xdm, which gives the usual login screen. There is also usually a blank window at the lower right side of the screen on the xdm login screen. This is not normal, I don't think. When I actually

RE: xconsole problem

1996-12-30 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Nathan" == Nathan L Cutler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nathan> When I run 'xconsole' as a non-root user, I get the Nathan> following message (inside the xconsole window): [...] Nathan> Anybody have any idea what to do with this conundrum? 8<-

xconsole problem

1996-12-29 Thread Nathan L. Cutler
Hello! I'm hoping somebody can help me with a problem I'm having with xconsole. I'm running a Debian 1.1 system and have recently upgraded to XFree86 3.2, but I was having the exact same problem before as well. When I run 'xconsole' as a non-root user, I get the following message (inside the xco