--- libconsole.c
+++ libconsole.c	2011-12-19 18:11:00.323146490 +0000
@@ -1154,14 +1154,45 @@ static dev_t fallback(const pid_t pid, c
 
 static int checkdev(char ** retname, const dev_t dev, DIR * ddev)
 {
-    int found = 0;
-    struct dirent * d;
-    struct stat st;
+    int found = 0, fd;
+    struct dirent *d;
     static int deep;
 
-    memset(&st, 0, sizeof(struct stat));
-    while ((d = readdir(ddev))) {
-	char * name = d->d_name;
+    if (deep == 0) {
+	
+	fd = dirfd(ddev);
+	rewinddir(ddev);
+
+	while ((d = readdir(ddev))) {	/* First scan all devices direct in /dev/ of devtmpfs */
+	    struct stat st;
+	    char *name = d->d_name;
+	    char path[PATH_MAX+1];
+    
+	    if (*name == '.')
+		continue;
+	    if (fstatat(fd, name, &st, 0) < 0)
+		continue;
+	    if (!S_ISCHR(st.st_mode))
+		continue;
+	    if (dev != st.st_rdev)
+		continue;
+	    if ((size_t)snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/dev/%s", name) >= sizeof(path))
+		continue;
+	    name = realpath(path, NULL);
+	    if (!name)
+		break;
+	    *retname = name;
+	    found++;
+	    break;
+	}
+	if (found)
+	    goto out;
+    }
+
+    rewinddir(ddev);
+    while ((d = readdir(ddev))) {	/* now allow also deeper entries of none devtmpfs */
+	struct stat st;
+	char *name = d->d_name;
 
 	if (*name == '.')
 	    continue;
@@ -1306,7 +1337,7 @@ static int checkdev(char ** retname, con
 	*retname = name;
 	break;
     }
-
+out:
     return found;
 }
 
@@ -1448,7 +1479,7 @@ char * fetchtty(const pid_t pid, const p
 	if (!(name = ttyname(0)) || !strcmp(name, "/dev/console"))
 	    dev = fallback(pid, ppid);
 	else {
-	    name = strdup(name);
+	    name = realpath(name, NULL);
 	    if (!name)
 		error("fetchtty(): %m\n");
 	    goto out;
--- showconsole.8
+++ showconsole.8	2011-09-08 15:13:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 .\"
 .TH SHOWCONSOLE 8 "Nov 10, 2000" "Version 1.16" "The SuSE boot concept"
 .UC 8
-.OS SuSE Linux
 .SH NAME
 Showconsole \- determines the real tty of stdin
 .br