Re: FVWM: console redirection failed

From: Paul D. Smith <psmith_at_baynetworks.com>
Date: 12 Mar 1999 00:54:09 -0500

%% Regarding Re: FVWM: console redirection failed; you wrote:

  m> I've compiled fvwm-2.2 with gcc on a Sun Sparc 5 running Solaris 2.5.1.
  m> When I try to get an xterm to act as a console, I get an error:
>>
>> I'm not sure I see how this could be a window manager issue. It's up to
>> xterm whether it can get the console or not, not fvwm.

  m> I would have thought the same thing. However, if I run olwm, twm,
  m> or mwm and issue the same "xterm -C&" command it works just fine...

Hmm. Well, are you starting some other app in your .fvwm2rc file that
might be grabbing the console, like xconsole or similar, that doesn't
get started under the other WMs?

That's about all I can think of... BTW, xterm -C works fine for me under
fvwm 2.2 :-/.

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Received on Thu Mar 11 1999 - 23:55:58 GMT