--- libconsole.c
+++ libconsole.c	2010-11-09 15:24:33.895925637 +0000
@@ -707,11 +707,12 @@ static void parselog(unsigned char *buf,
 static void copylog(const unsigned char *buf, const size_t s)
 {
     lock(&llock);
-    if (!nl) {
+    if (!nl)
 	addlog('\n');
-	nl = 1;
-    }
     storelog(buf, s);
+    if (buf[s-1] != '\n')
+	addlog('\n');
+    nl = 1;
     unlock(&llock);
 }
 
@@ -770,7 +771,7 @@ void prepareIO(void (*rfunc)(int), void
 	    (void)mkfifo(fifo_name, 0600);
 	errno = 0;
 	if (!stat(fifo_name, &st) && S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode)) {
-	    if ((fdfifo = open(fifo_name, O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY|O_CLOEXEC)) < 0)
+	    if ((fdfifo = open(fifo_name, O_RDWR|O_NOCTTY|O_CLOEXEC)) < 0)
 		warn("can not open named fifo %s: %s\n", fifo_name, strerror(errno));
 	}
     }
@@ -1266,7 +1267,7 @@ char * fetchtty(const pid_t pid, const p
 	while ((fscanf(fc, "%*s %*s (%[^)]) %d:%d", &fbuf[0], &maj, &min) == 3)) {
 	    if (!strchr(fbuf, 'E'))
 		continue;
-	    if (strchr(fbuf, '*')) {
+	    if (strchr(fbuf, 'C')) {
 		dev = makedev(maj, min);
 		break;
 	    }
@@ -1347,7 +1348,7 @@ void secondtty(struct console *restrict
 
 	    if (!strchr(fbuf, 'E'))
 		continue;
-	    if (strchr(fbuf, '*'))
+	    if (strchr(fbuf, 'C'))
 		continue;
 	    dev = makedev(maj, min);
 
--- showconsole.8
+++ showconsole.8	2010-11-09 15:26:29.038362757 +0000
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ Setconsole \- redirect system console ou
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B showconsole
 determines the real character device of
-the current
-.BR stdin.
+the current system console.
 This can be used on
 .I /dev/console
 as current character device to