peter is right- i should have paid attention to what this fellow's
problem was, not just that he asked how to created /dev/console :-)
the console message that are scrolling by on the console (which is still 
where that stuff goes, even if the X server is also playing with bits on
the display), are doing so because /dev/console _does_ exist :-)
Running Xconsole ot redirect those is the right way to solve this. 
(personally, i never cared enough, and just let my X displays get scrolled
around.. :)

happy hacking
isildur

On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Peter C. Wallace wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Lord Isildur wrote:
> 
> > give this command:
> > 
> > mknod /dev/console c 0 0
> > mknod should be in /etc, but i cant guarantee you'll find it anywhere
> > specific.. if you have a MAKEDEV script in your /dev directory, then you
> > could just do a cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV console , as well. 
> > 
> > happy  hacking,
> > isildur
> > 
> > On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Blaise St-Laurent wrote:
> > 
> > > So i was told a while back that the easiest way to stop the pmax from
> > > spewing out debug info to the screen (thereby corrupting my X session) was
> > > to create /dev/console.. which is something i'm not entirely sure of how
> > > to do in NetBSD.. What are the major minor codes, and what permissions are
> > > required for this to work? 
> > > 
> > > Thanks a bunch...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> Actually you may want to run xconsole to capture the console
> messages. Messages sent to console are what messes up the X screen...
> 
> Peter Wallace
> 
>