Cause

When starting OpenWindows from the command line, the following error message is echoed on the Solaris "Welcome" screen: fbconsole: ioctl SRIOCSREDIR: Device Busy

Once inside OpenWindows, the following message is displayed in the background windows and when starting cmdtool -C:

SYSTEM WARNING: Object 0x340f8, Device busy, ioctl SRIOCSREDIR returned -1, attempt to make tty the console failed (Tty package)