twelvegates Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 When I start xconsole it tells: Couldn't open console How can I make xconsole open the console? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Google suggest a permission problem. Here is a solution: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1997/04/msg00357.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelvegates Posted September 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Yes, xconsole -file /dev/console works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmzeplin Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Yes, xconsole -file /dev/console works! I am hoping to ask for this back again and help me!! I have surfing around and get solve the problem.. But I am loser! I type xconsole -file /dev/console, the console came out but I can't type anything?? I type ls -l console: crw------- 1 username root 5, 1 Jun 28 06:12 console I believe I need to do chmod so that I can be able to type in xconsole?? Verbose when boot up, I see the runlevel at 5.... Mean I need to make a change with runlevel for an enable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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