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I have tried all of the options available for the xconsole and it doesn't work
for me. Sometimes I get "Couldn't open console" even though I have permission
for /dev/tty0 as 777 (console is linked to tty0). If I run this as root, I do
manage to get past the permission problem.

When it does APPEAR to be working, nothing ever happens in that window, even
though my system logs all start filling up. Interesting problem. Perhaps really
don't know what xconsole does. I was under the impression that I could keep
track of root logins and kernel errors with this utility. I do believe, even
though I may be going about this with a closed mind, that my copy doesn't work.
Who knows... Anyone that does, please send me mail with info. Thanx!

-jake

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: I have tried all of the options available for the xconsole and it doesn't work
: for me. Sometimes I get "Couldn't open console" even though I have permission
: for /dev/tty0 as 777 (console is linked to tty0). If I run this as root, I do
: manage to get past the permission problem.

I had the same problem. xconsole must be setuid root to avoid the perms
problem (I can't get it to work with the same gid as update although xterm
will function this way). Enter (as root):

% chmod u+s /usr/X386/bin/xconsole

Second problem is easy when you know how (but it took me a month or two....)
when you start the X server use:

% startx>&/dev/console

this redirects stdout and stderr to the /dev/console which is what xconsole
is looking for.

Hope this helps.
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Malcolm Reeves, Geological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon,

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I have the same problem (with xconsole) and an additional one: if I log in
via xdm from an X terminal (and not from the console), the error messages
of the shell simply disappears. For example if I mistype a command name,
it seems as the shell accepted it: I get back the prompt without any message
about unknown command.

Thanks any help in advance,
Jozsef Kadlecsik
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