> > All of my /dev/tty* are chmod 666 and scp/ssh work from an xterm or vt. > > When I do a ps aux the TTY column is '?' where as the regular vt's and the > > apps running in a vt are a tty1 and so on. I am curious as to what others > > see > > when doing this. (try M-! tty from emacs.) This appears to be the problem. > > With no tty against the xclients, x11-ssh-askpass can't work. > > > Do you have /dev/pts/ filesystem? I suspect you don't. > > 22:16:53 pepper:~$ mount > /dev/hda3 on / type reiserfs (rw) > proc on /proc type proc (rw) > devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) <- THIS ONE > [SKIP]
I do: devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) The the normal xterms or gnome-terminal's work, they are using the /dev/pts/ as their controlling tty. It's the applications that aren't being run from a term that aren't calling x11-ssh-askpass. If I run tkcvs in the foreground of an xterm the passphrase is asked within the tty of the xterm, /dev/pts/0, if I call it up via the menu's it errors out. I suppose if I have to I can start all of my apps from in the foreground of a pile of xterms . . . ick! Thanks anyway. > Alexey Vyskubov -- Lance Levsen, Programmer Product Innovation PWGroup - S'toon. 477-3166
