xconsole fails to open console

Bug #465772 reported by Nuno Lucas
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #459730: rsyslog doesn't create /dev/xconsole . Edit Remove
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x11-apps (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: x11-apps

After upgrading from Kubuntu 8.04.2 to 9.10 xconsole fails with the text "Couldn't open console"
The x11-apps version is the one that comes on 9.10: "7.4+2"

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Hi ntlucas,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn` and `dmesg`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (and maybe Xorg.0.log.old) file from after reproducing this issue. If you're using a custom /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

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tags: added: needs-xorglog
tags: added: needs-lspci-vvnn
Changed in x11-apps (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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