Problem upon upgrade ...

[David Kirchner]

On 10/7/05, Aleksandar Kacanski <kacanski at yahoo.com> wrote:
> /dev/console problem :
> I found a bit more on this issue.
> /var/log/messages:
> Oct  7 10:42:14 nyfbsds01 kernel: Mounting root from
> ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
> Oct  7 10:42:16 nyfbsds01 init: can't get /dev/console for
> controlling terminal: Operation not permitted
> Oct  7 10:42:46 nyfbsds01 init: can't get /dev/console for
> controlling terminal: Operation not permitted
> Oct  7 10:44:46 nyfbsds01 last message repeated 4 times
> Oct  7 10:53:17 nyfbsds01 last message repeated 17 times
>
> still after couple of minutes, KDM pops up and I am in.
> ls -l /dev/console
> crw-------  1 sasha  wheel    0,   0 Oct  7 11:02
> /dev/console
>
>
> Why does it takes 21 times to get KDE to start?
> I am able to CTRL-ALT-F1 to virtual console and log in as
> root or ordinary user form KDE.
>
>
> thanks,
> /s

Where do you start KDM from? I'm guessing it's not running as root for
some reason?