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From: st923150@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (Benjamin A. Tober)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Problem with xconsole
Message-ID: <1992Sep27.174544.7822@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
Date: 27 Sep 92 17:45:44 GMT
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Organization: Brandeis University
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Folks-
	I'm using 386BSD with X386 and it works nicely except that xconsole
does not function properly.  Attempts to write to /dev/console cause
keyboard input to be mangled, thus necessitating a reboot.  I do have
getty disabled on /dev/console and the ownership of /dev/console is correct
(i.e.- the same as the invoking user).  I'm using xdm and twm.  Has anyone
seen this phenomenon?  Is there a fix?
-ben