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From: chmr@fstgds01.tu-graz.ac.at (Christoph Robitschko)
Subject: Re: [386BSD] XFree86, no console for non-root user
Message-ID: <1992Sep23.180754.6788@news.tu-graz.ac.at>
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References: <19ks69INNd2l@corax.udac.uu.se> <1992Sep22.043733.22702@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <david.717225352@mlb.geomechanics.csiro.au> <1992Sep23.132041.11924@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 92 18:07:54 GMT
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In article <1992Sep23.132041.11924@ucc.su.OZ.AU> dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) writes:
>In article <david.717225352@mlb.geomechanics.csiro.au> david@mlb.geomechanics.csiro.au (David Le Blanc) writes:
>>dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) writes:
>>This just *might* be completely un related, but when I (using xdm) login as
>>*me*, and later type 'su' and enter the password, it gives me a root
>>prompt, and promptly locks the keyboard. I can mouse around, cutting and
>>pasting, but I cannot use any keys!!!
>
>I haven't seen this problem.  I'd guess that something is opening
>/dev/console.  Have you changed the "console" line in /etc/ttys to "vga"?
>
Maybe syslog is configured so that it writes SU messages to the console ?

							Christoph
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