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Re: svgalib "cant open /dev/console"

Posted by Bernie Siegrist on 1999-11-18

>I'm making a linux program that uses the svgalib. It work just fine...
 >when runs with full privileges, but when I run it as a normal user it
 >print an error message like this:
 >cant open /dev/console
 >Can anyone helpme?

Maybe you don't have access to it. Try "chmod 777 /dev/console" as root user.