--- libconsole.c
+++ libconsole.c	2010-10-29 15:16:44.691925956 +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));
 	}
     }