Re: xconsole 'can't open console' (etch) - why not?

[Martin Waller <martinej.waller@ntlworld.com>]

Krzysztof Luban'ski wrote:
> 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'.
>
>   

Thanks - that was it. Just added myself to adm group.

Cheers,

Martin