x11/xconsole not showing any output

[Polytropon]

On Sun, 29 May 2016 22:36:26 +0200 (CEST), Marco Beishuizen wrote:
> On Sun, 29 May 2016, the wise Polytropon wrote:
> > Are the console permissions set properly? Check if xdm-config does have 
> > the following (or applying) lines:
> >
> > 	DisplayManager._0.setup:        /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
> > 	DisplayManager._0.startup:      /etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole
> > 	DisplayManager._0.reset:        /etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole
> >
> > In your case, the paths will probably be different, but check the
> > content of the GiveConsole and TakeConsole scripts: They make sure
> > your user will actually be able to read from the console (as it's
> > initially owned by root, and only has rw-/---/--- permissions).
> 
> The GiveConsole script says:
> chown $USER /dev/console
> 
> And the TakeConsole script says:
> chmod 622 /dev/console
> chown root /dev/console
> 
> Should the owner be the user here?

This both looks correct, as far as I can tell. $USER is set when
logging in, and xdm sets the owner correctly (as you have verified);
when logging out, the default owner (root) is restored.



> > When you are then logged in, check "ls -l /dev/console", and you
> > should see something similar to this:
> >
> > 	% ll /dev/console
> > 	crw-------  1 poly  wheel    0,   5 2016-05-29 18:38:20 /dev/console
> >
> > If this is _not_ the case, xconsole doesn't work as expected.
> 
> The permissions of /dev/console look ok:
> crw-------  1 marco  wheel  0x9 May 29 21:24 /dev/console

This also looks like xdm configuration is not the problem here.
Do you get any error message when manually starting xconsole
from a terminal?


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