Hi,

Am trying to run xconsole as normal user as I have done on other
versions of debian.

When I try to run it on an etch box it pops up as expected but with the
message 'Can't open console' in it.

Now, on my sarge box, which is due for an upgrade, it runs fine. I
noticed on sarge /dev/console's group is tty but on etch it's root. So
I changed the group of it to tty, but still no joy. So I added myself
to group tty (probably silly - it doesn't need that on sarge), but still
no luck.

I can't see why it can't open the console - can anyone suggest what the
problem is as I'm a bit stuck?

Thanks,

Martin


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On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 18:44 +0100, Martin Waller wrote:
> Am trying to run xconsole as normal user as I have done on other
> versions of debian.
>
> When I try to run it on an etch box it pops up as expected but with the
> message 'Can't open console' in it.
>
> Now, on my sarge box, which is due for an upgrade, it runs fine. I
> noticed on sarge /dev/console's group is tty but on etch it's root. So
> I changed the group of it to tty, but still no joy. [...]

xconsole seems to be using /dev/xconsole - on my Lenny system, its
group is set to 'adm'.

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Krzysztof Luban'ski wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 18:44 +0100, Martin Waller wrote:
>
>> Am trying to run xconsole as normal user as I have done on other
>> versions of debian.
>>
>> When I try to run it on an etch box it pops up as expected but with the
>> message 'Can't open console' in it.
>>
>> Now, on my sarge box, which is due for an upgrade, it runs fine. I
>> noticed on sarge /dev/console's group is tty but on etch it's root. So
>> I changed the group of it to tty, but still no joy. [...]
>>
>
> xconsole seems to be using /dev/xconsole - on my Lenny system, its
> group is set to 'adm'.
>
>

Thanks - that was it. Just added myself to adm group.

Cheers,

Martin


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