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From: ura@strix.cluster.sub.org (Ulf Andrick)
Subject: Re: Repeat of XFree question
Organization: Nocturnal Unix System in Kaiserslautern, Germany
References: <11OCT93.08302892@tifrvax.tifr.res.in>
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In <11OCT93.08302892@tifrvax.tifr.res.in> bhiksha@tifrvax.tifr.res.in writes:
: XFree86-1.3u1, on NetBSD 0.9 gives me the following problems:

: 1)xconsole (or xterm -C) gives me the console (or term) with the following
:   message on it `couldn't open console'

Have you tried that as root? (Only root should be able to redirect the 
console.)

-- 
Ulf Andrick
ura@strix.cluster.sub.org