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From: goran@astro.uu.se (Goran Hammarback)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: [386BSD] XFree86, no console for non-root user
Date: 21 Sep 1992 16:10:49 GMT
Organization: Uppsala University
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I've installed XFree86 with the kernel patches and it works
very well except for the slightly annoying problem that when
a non-root user starts xconsole, the response is :
   Can't open console.
Xterm -C does not work either.

I did apply the UCONSOLE option in the configuration file.
I tried changing the protection on /dev/console, and making
xconsole suid and sgid, but no luck.

Does anyone know how to fix this?
-- 
Thanks,
Goran

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Goran Hammarback              |     goran@astro.uu.se
Astronomiska Observatoriet    |
Uppsala Universitet           |
S-751 20 SWEDEN               |
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