Re: xconsole broken in recent 4.3-RC?

[Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Radcliffe writes:
> Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> probably
>  said:
> > GiveConsole should contain:
> > chown root /dev/console
> 
> Errrm, are you sure that's what you meant ?
> 
> xconsole checks if /dev/console belongs to to the user running it,
> last I checked, so you need;
> 
> chown $USER /dev/console

You are correct.  My machines at work are configured as in your 
example.  One of my machines at home is misconfigured.


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Cy Schubert                        Fax:  (250)387-5766
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