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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.mtu.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!unix.sri.com!news.Stanford.EDU!not-for-mail From: fchang@macro.stanford.edu (Mystical White Wolf) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: X Console and ttyv0 Date: 26 Oct 1995 10:00:26 -0700 Organization: Stanford University, CA 94305, USA Lines: 10 Message-ID: <46oera$164p@macro.stanford.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: macro.stanford.edu Hi, I was wondering if someone could shed some light on why I cannot use xconsole -file /dev/ttyv0 to monitor the outputs to ttyv0 in XF311 (FVWM or TWM)? I am using FreeBSD v2.0.5. Why isn't /dev/console mapped to one of the login ports (ttyv?) ? Thanks! Fang