On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 11:10:31AM -0500, Daniel Burrows wrote: > I have no idea what should be done, but if it's decided that > replacing the console device is correct.. > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 05:53:30PM +0200, Shaul Karl was heard to say: > > 2) Decide what current users (slink users) should do. Is it simply a > > matter of rm slink /dev/console and MAKEDEV the new /dev/console and > > that is all? What will be the consequences of doing these rm and > > MAKEDEDV on a running system? > > I'd assume that the only problem is that programs might try to open > /dev/console in the brief timespan that it's gone..would it be > sufficient to just MAKEDEV the new console in another directory on > the same filesystem, then mv it to /dev/console? (mv should use > rename, which is atomic) > > Daniel >
FYI, I just updated my /dev/console as discussed here, then ran $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole & and it works like a charm. $ xconsole -file /dev/console & returns the same "Couldn't open console", as just running "xconsole &" Also, anyone know if the perms on /dev/console should be: crw------- root tty /dev/console ?? (Seems okay) -- +----------------------------------------------------+ | Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net | | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | +----------------------------------------------------+
