> From: Rick Kelly <rmk@rmkhome.rmkhome.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 02:12:01 -0400 (EDT)

> Curt Sampson said:
> 
> >> Another minor question.  When I bring up X11R6, xconsole comes up with
> >> the message "can't open console".
> >
> >Hmm. Gordon, do you think we should perhaps just make `options UCONSOLE'
> >the default in the GENERIC kernel? :-)
> 
> I guess that's another reason for me to get the complete beta release
> installed, as well as the kernel sources so that I can build a new
> kernel.
> 
> My temporary fix, as root, was to chown the console to myself.

Another thing that works is to change /etc/ttys so that getty runs
on /dev/console (only) instead of /dev/kd (if that's the console).

> Another problem has cropped up.  When I use the mouse and ctrl to
> pull down the xterm menus I get:
> 
> Warning: Cannot convert string "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-is
> o8859-*" to type FontStruct

You probably want to do "xset fp ..." to augment the font path.

> This, of course, leaves an open white space on the X display that xrefresh 
> won't cure.  I haven't seen this with Xfree86 on NetBSD or X11R6 on SunOS.

If you get an xconsole running, your screen should stay clean.

Gordon