From: Lars <lhofhansl@yahoo.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: 2.6.10 breaks xconsole
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:17:50 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41CDE70E.8090109@yahoo.com> (raw)
Running kernel 2.6.10, xconsole always displays: Couldn't open console.
xconsole works fine in the identical setup with 2.6.9 and 2.4.28.
The permissions are set correctly:
crw-rw-r-- 1 lars tty 5, 1 2004-12-25 13:17 /dev/console
xconsole won't work when run as either lars, a tty member, and even
root. In all cases the message above is shown.
If I change permission to:
crw-rw-r-- 1 root tty 5, 1 2004-12-25 13:17 /dev/console
xconsole can at least be run as root.
I guess this is related to this patch:
<od@suse.de>
[PATCH] TIOCCONS security
Forcing xconsole to be run as root is not a good idea, IMHO.
-- Lars
ps. Please CC me directly as I'm not subscribed to the list.
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2004-12-25 22:17 Lars [this message]
2004-12-25 23:07 ` 2.6.10 breaks xconsole Lars
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