diff --git a/include/pr-syslog.h b/include/pr-syslog.h

index 3eea2be..774a3b0 100644

--- a/include/pr-syslog.h

+++ b/include/pr-syslog.h

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@

 #elif defined(__hpux)

 # define PR_PATH_LOG	"/dev/log.un"

 #else

-# define PR_PATH_LOG	"/dev/log"

+# define PR_PATH_LOG	"/dev/conslog"

 #endif

 /* Close desriptor used to write to system logger. */

diff --git a/lib/pr-syslog.c b/lib/pr-syslog.c

index 3a62956..2b3d747 100644

--- a/lib/pr-syslog.c

+++ b/lib/pr-syslog.c

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static void pr_vsyslog(int sockfd, int pri, register const char *fmt,

   send(sockfd, logbuf, buflen, 0);

 #else

-  /* Prepare the structs for use by putmsg(). As /dev/log is a STREAMS

+  /* Prepare the structs for use by putmsg(). As /dev/conslog is a STREAMS

    * device on Solaris (and possibly other platforms?), putmsg() is

    * used so that syslog facility and level are properly honored; write()

    * does not seem to work as desired.

@@ -347,22 +347,11 @@ int pr_openlog(const char *ident, int opts, int facility) {

   }

 #else

   sockfd = open(PR_PATH_LOG, O_WRONLY);

-

-# ifdef SOLARIS2

-  /* Workaround for a /dev/log bug (SunSolve bug #4817079) on Solaris. */

-  if (sockfd >= 0) {

-    struct strioctl ic;

-

-    ic.ic_cmd = I_ERRLOG;

-    ic.ic_timout = 0;

-    ic.ic_len = 0;

-    ic.ic_dp = NULL;

-

-    if (ioctl(sockfd, I_STR, &ic) < 0)

-      fprintf(stderr, "error setting I_ERRLOG on " PR_PATH_LOG ": %s\n",

-        strerror(errno));

+  if (sockfd < 0) {

+    fprintf(stderr, "failed to open %s: %d, %s\n",

+      PR_PATH_LOG, errno, strerror(errno));

+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);

   }

-# endif /* SOLARIS2 */

 #endif

   return sockfd;