Re: xconsole 'can't open console' (etch) - why not?
On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 18:44 +0100, Martin Waller wrote:
> Am trying to run xconsole as normal user as I have done on other
> versions of debian.
>
> When I try to run it on an etch box it pops up as expected but with the
> message 'Can't open console' in it.
>
> Now, on my sarge box, which is due for an upgrade, it runs fine. I
> noticed on sarge /dev/console's group is tty but on etch it's root. So
> I changed the group of it to tty, but still no joy. [...]
xconsole seems to be using /dev/xconsole - on my Lenny system, its
group is set to 'adm'.
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Krzysztof Lubanski
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