On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Matthew Haas wrote:

# On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Eduardo Horvath wrote:
# > 
# > >   However, when I use mtools (sd1: NO DISK LABEL) or anything which
# > > results in a system-level message to the console (like the TCTRL0: LOW
# > > POWER WARNING!) It very roughly sticks a console message in the bottom
# > > left of my X screen, 'adjusting' the image upward, with the 'actual'
# > > window being displaced. 
# > > 
# > >   Running a screen saver real quick clears up my screen.
# > 
# > Are you running xconsole or xterm -C?
# >
# 
# I'm attempting to run xconsole. I am running WindowMaker 0.61.1 as my
# Window Manager, so I right click, go to run, and type in "xconsole" and
# hit enter. Manually running xconsole from an xterm yields the same
# results.

Is your xconsole installed setuid?  If the xconsole can't grab the console,
it will fail.

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