Hi,

On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Masami and Ken Nakata wrote:
> > The problem:
> > The xconsole apparently isnt working -i.e. when I drop a ppp connection 
> > to my isp, the text is displayed "over" the X windows rather than in the 
> > xconsole window.. I am unsure what I am doing wrong.
> 
> I forgot the real fix for this...  As a work-around, you can run
> xconsole as root.

I have the same problem.  If I try to run xconsole on /dev/console, I get
"permission denied".  If I try and run it as root, after I have started x
as mark, then I get "can't open device".  Is there any solution other than
compiling my own kernel?

Mark