In article <199604120127.LAA10158@eterna.com.au>, matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au> wrote: > > Do both of them have to do it, or just one of them? Perhaps a utility > library routine should be written to do the job... > > xdm has to do it also.... You don't need it for xdm, since it already has a mechanism to do this. (TakeConsole/GiveConsole)