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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!psuvax1!flee
  3. From: flee@cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
  4. Subject: Re: /dev/console and /dev/xcons hang.
  5. Message-ID: <BuJtpp.L97@cs.psu.edu>
  6. Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: dictionopolis.cs.psu.edu
  8. References: <BuJs8r.K54@cs.psu.edu>
  9. Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 04:29:39 GMT
  10. Lines: 6
  11.  
  12. Well, I think I've got a workaround.  I wrote a small program that
  13. does a TIOCSTART ioctl.  Sending this to /dev/console in xdm's reset
  14. script looks like it unhangs the console.
  15.  
  16. Ick.
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