--- xc-old/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_init.c.orig	2003-12-01 12:10:02.000000000 +1100
+++ xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_init.c	2003-12-01 13:15:10.312671680 +1100
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include "xf86_OSlib.h"
 #include "lnx.h"
 
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
 #ifdef USE_DEV_FB
 extern char *getenv(const char *);
 #include <linux/fb.h>
@@ -45,13 +47,44 @@
 static int VTnum = -1;
 static int activeVT = -1;
 
+int vtPermSave[4];
+char vtname[11];
+
+int saveVtPerms(void)
+{
+    /* We need to use stat to get permissions */
+    struct stat svtp;
+
+    /* Do them numerically ordered, hard coded tty0 first */
+    if ( stat ("/dev/tty0", &svtp) != 0 )
+      return 0;
+    vtPermSave[0] = (int)svtp.st_uid;
+    vtPermSave[1] = (int)svtp.st_gid;
+
+    /* Now check the console we are dealing with. */
+    if ( stat (vtname, &svtp) != 0 )
+      return 0;
+    vtPermSave[2] = (int)svtp.st_uid;
+    vtPermSave[3] = (int)svtp.st_gid;
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+void restoreVtPerms(void)
+{
+    /* Set the terminal permissions back to before we started */
+    chown ("/dev/tty0", vtPermSave[0], vtPermSave[1]);
+    chown (vtname, vtPermSave[2], vtPermSave[3]);
+
+    return;
+}
+
 void
 xf86OpenConsole(void)
 {
     int i, fd = -1;
     int result;
     struct vt_mode VT;
-    char vtname[11];
     struct vt_stat vts;
     MessageType from = X_PROBED;
 #ifdef USE_DEV_FB
@@ -124,6 +157,14 @@
 		       xf86Info.vtno, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * grab the vt ownership before we overwrite it 
+	 * hard coded /dev/tty0 into this function aswell for below 
+	 */
+	if (!saveVtPerms()){
+	  xf86Msg(X_WARNING, "xf86OpenConsole: Couldnt save owenership of vt");
+	}
+
 	/* change ownership of the vt */
 	chown(vtname, getuid(), getgid());
 
@@ -247,6 +289,9 @@
 	activeVT = -1;
     }
     close(xf86Info.consoleFd);                /* make the vt-manager happy */
+
+    restoreVtPerms();		/* restore the permissions */
+    
     return;
 }