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From: "J. Porter Clark" <jpc@drum.msfc.nasa.gov>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: xterm -C and rxvt -C do not grab /dev/console
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>Number:         74309
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       xterm -C and rxvt -C do not grab /dev/console
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 24 01:40:17 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:    Fri Jan 25 21:53:53 UTC 2008
>Last-Modified:  Fri Jan 25 21:53:53 UTC 2008
>Originator:     J. Porter Clark
>Release:        5.3-STABLE
>Organization:
NASA MSFC
>Environment:
FreeBSD auricle.charter.net 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #0: Sat Nov 20 21:49:00 CST 2004     jpc@auricle.charter.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AURICLE5  i386
    
>Description:
xterm -C and rxvt -C fail to grab the console when started from inside X.  I'm using Windowmaker.  Changing the owner and mode of /dev/console to me and 0666 wasn't necessary in 4.X and doesn't help in 5.3.  It looks as though the TIOCCONS ioctl was changed significantly between 4.10 and 5.3.      
>How-To-Repeat:
Run xterm -C from inside a window manager.  When the window pops up, it says:

     xterm: cannot open console: Device busy

Occasionally, the error message does not show up, but in all cases, the new terminal is not connected to /dev/console.
>Fix:
None.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: "Devon O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, jpc@drum.msfc.nasa.gov
Cc:  
Subject: Re: kern/74309: xterm -C and rxvt -C do not grab /dev/console
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 19:04:15 -0800

 I've tried this in rio (from plan9port), Windowmaker, and enlightenment
 dr17 with Xterm and rxvt and do not experience this issue under amd64
 nor i386 under FreeBSD 7-CURRENT. Is this still an issue?
 
 --Devon

From: "Devon O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: kern/74309: xterm -C and rxvt -C do not grab /dev/console
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 19:43:31 -0800

 I've attempted reproducing this under FreeBSD 7-CURRENT amd64 and i386
 with rxvt / xterm in rio, E dr17, and windowmaker and do not experience
 this problem. Is this still an issue?
 
 --Devon
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: linimon 
State-Changed-When: Fri Jan 25 21:53:34 UTC 2008 
State-Changed-Why:  
Feedback timeout (> 1 year). 

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