On Tue, 18 Jun 1996 Dan.McMahill@sciatl.com wrote:

> I am having troubles with console windows.  When I try to run xconsole, 
> it says something about can't open console.  If I try xterm -C when logged
> in as myself, it doesn't capture console output.  If I su to root, then 
> start xterm -C, it does capture console output.  I'd like it to work for 
> me so I can put either xconsole or xterm -C in my .xinitrc file.
> 
> I'm sure I must be missing something simple, but I haven't been able to 
> figure it out.

You can always start xconsole in the Xsetup script which runs as root 
when you use xdm...

(PS - try setting your right margin a little shorter - makes it a lot 
easier to quote your text in a reply.)