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Re: 'console-tools' cannot find console



On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 08:19:27AM -0800, ferret@phonewave.net wrote:
> 
> `Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console'
> 
> I get this message every time I boot my Sparc. Now 'console-tools' is
> erroring when dpkg tries to install it. What sould I look for?
> 
> crw-r--r--    1 root     root       5,   1 Dec 11 18:36 /dev/console
> 
> I have my /dev/console set up for 2.2.x kernels, and it seems to work
> perfectly fine.

IMO, it is a bug in console-tools, but I can't pinpoint the problem.
Should file a bug on that package marked "important" for severity.

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