On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Wouter Klouwen wrote:

> Frederick Bruckman(fredb@immanent.net) said 2004.06.01 15:54:27 +0000:
> > Yes. "fstat /dev/ttyE4" shows that XFree86 is running on the free tty,
> > as expected (now). I'm starting "xdm" with "xdm=YES" in "/etc/rc.conf",
> > but the next time I catch it in the act, I will check and see which
> > virtual terminal XFree86 is running on.
>
> Doing some quick research right now reveals some interesting facts.
>
> Currently, the X server it as it again. fstat reveals that the X server has
> the following devices open: console, mem, and wsmouse.
> fstat then also reveals multiple programs have the console open, as I run X
> by doing a `xinit &', and thus able to do some other stuff (a habit I picked
> up when accidentally doing a `pkill bash').

That's probably just the controlling terminal. You started X via
"xinit" from a login on the console? Do all the programs have the
console open on file descriptor "0"?

Frederick