I've just done a nightly upgrade on Sid. I now cannot open a new terminal window, getting e.g.:
$ rxvt
rxvt: can't open pseudo-tty
rxvt: aborting
I can open a terminal as root, leading me to suspect a permissions
error.
File permissions on /dev/pts (I'm using the devfs 2.4 kernel /dev
filesystem, not the more traditional /dev filesystem):
drw-rw---- 1 root tape 0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/pts
...the use of the "tape" group strikes me as odd. This is GID 26
Someone got the proper UID/GID combination and access modes for this
directory?
Any thoughts on the package(s) that have changed perms? Only reference
I can find to /dev/pts is /var/lib/dpkg/info/xterm.config, but it
doesn't
Hmm...
I'm also running devfsd (this is a compatibility daemon which makes it
appear as if old-style 'dev' files still exist), among config files in
/etc/devfsd, I find:
./devfsd.conf:REGISTER ^pts/.* PERMISSIONS -1.tty 0600
...and, yes, it looks as if there are several bugs filed against devfsd:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=devfsd
So, looks as if this is a known bug.
Anyone else with data, or a devfsd.conf line for pts from an earlier
version?
Peace.
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