Karsten M. Self wrote: > I've just done a nightly upgrade on Sid.
I, too. > 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. Sounds reasonable. I'm having no problems, so maybe the differences between our configurations will account for your troubles. > 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. No kidding. > Someone got the proper UID/GID combination and access modes for this > directory? Mine is owned by root.tty (GID 5), with mode 0755. > 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? I also run devfsd. Here's the relevant lines from my /etc/devfs/perms: REGISTER ^pts$ PERMISSIONS root.tty 0755 REGISTER ^pty[^/]*$ PERMISSIONS root.tty 0666 And from /etc/devfs/devfsd.conf: REGISTER ^pts/.* PERMISSIONS -1.tty 0600 Hope that helps. Craig
