"Vaughn Eisler" <veisler_at_dynamicsoft.com> writes:
> Wondering if someone can help me.
>
> I have a Sun Ultra 10 and just installed X11R6.5 and fvwm 2.3.9. When
> attempting to xinit to start fvwm, I get the following error message:
>
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot open /dev/kbd, error 13
>
> xinit: Error 0 (errno 0): Server error.
>
> However, my console keyboard exists and is functioning:
>
> $ cd /dev
> $ ls -las kbd
> 2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jan 20 16:49 kbd ->
> ../devices/pseudo/conskbd_at_0:kbd
>
> Anyone know how I might be able to work through this error message? Please
> email me back at veisler_at_dynamicsoft.com
>
> Thanks,
You might like a more current beta than 2.3.9.
Of course that has nothing to do with a keyboard problem.
Errno 13 is a permission problem.
Take a look at the permissions on the file that /dev/kbd points to.
Heres what mine looks like:
pork> ls -al /devices/pseudo/conskbd_at_0:kbd
crw------- 1 dane mk 0, 0 Jun 15 2000 /devices/pseudo/conskbd_at_0:kbd
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Received on Mon Jan 29 2001 - 07:50:01 GMT