xconsole failure in 8.0

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bigearsbilly

I can't get xconsole working,
"Couldn't open console"

the permissions seem OK:

Code: 
crw-------  1 billy  wheel    0,   6 Jan  3 22:30 /dev/console

using xdm, release 8.0.
It used to work fine on 7.1 but I seem to remember
a /dev/xconsole??

any ideas?
xterm -C the same:

Code: 
$ xterm -C
xterm: cannot open console: Operation not permitted

even if I chmod 666 /dev/console
(yes I know the chmod is only till reboot)

???
 
blimey doesn't anyone else keep tabs of console messages?

anyway, it seems to be issues with ioctl TIOCCONS

I just setuid my xconsole binary.
crap solution but there you go.
 
I suppose I could, but it's more hassle.
It's only my home machine so I ain't worried.


anyway when I did an su and run xconsole it still didn't work.
 
This problem still exists in FreeBSD 9.0. As noted, the problem is that the TIOCCONS ioctl(2) doesn't do what xconsole expects it to.

Rather than setuid the program, I modified the source to USE_FILE instead of USE_PTY (as under "#ifdef ultrix" but with "/dev/console") and uncommented the /dev/console line in /etc/fbtab.

As an aside, building xconsole gives a warning about the definition of openpty(3); this happens because configure tells it to look for util.h but FreeBSD wants libutil.h instead.
 
Thanks for the info and suggestions (complaining is one thing, proposing a fix is another). Feel free to contact the port maintainer!

Fonz
 
I was just wondering if the OP submitted a patch?

I would be willing to investigate and have a look at submitting myself if not.
 
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