milburn@me10.lbl.gov (John Milburn) (09/07/89)
When I attempt to open an xterm (or hpterm) window using the "-C" option, which should allow the window to intercept console messages, I am met with the following error message: xterm: display "local:0.0" is not authorized to take control of /dev/console I would like it not to do this. Any ideas? Thx, __________________________________________________________________________ | John Milburn - Advanced Light Source - Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory | | INTERNET: JEMilburn@lbl.gov BITNET: JEMilburn@LBL.bitnet | | DECNet: LBL::JEMilburn UUCP: {...}!ucbvax!lbl.gov!JEMilburn|
jack@hpindda.HP.COM (Jack Repenning) (09/08/89)
You need a file, /usr/lib/X11/Xconsoles, describing which displays are allowed to grab the console. A popular value for single-user workstations is "*", as in: (jack@jack ~)> ll /usr/lib/X11/Xconsoles -r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 2 Jun 2 12:42 /usr/lib/X11/Xconsoles (jack@jack ~)> cat /usr/lib/X11/Xconsoles * (jack@jack ~)> Jack Repenning jack@hpda.hp.com
stroyan@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Mike Stroyan) (09/09/89)
> When I attempt to open an xterm (or hpterm) window using the "-C" option, > which should allow the window to intercept console messages, I am met > with the following error message: > > xterm: display "local:0.0" is not authorized to take control of /dev/console You need to create a file, '/usr/lib/X11/Xconsoles', which contains the X server display numbers that are authorized to take control of the console. For example - #Allow servers 0 and 1 to take control. 0 1 This would allow DISPLAY local:0.0, local:1.0 or local:1.2, but would not allow local:3.0. Mike Stroyan, stroyan@hpfcla.hp.com