Re: xterm: no available ptys

2000-11-07 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > > > > I'm missing ptmx. You NEED a writable /dev/pts dir. > > > > > > > Actually, what you need is the devpts filesystem mounted onto > > /dev/pts. > > Agree. I had a shitload of probs when 2.2.0 came out and I switched.. Was > due that /dev was readonly here. Bit stran

Re: xterm: no available ptys

2000-11-07 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
> > I'm missing ptmx. You NEED a writable /dev/pts dir. > > > > Actually, what you need is the devpts filesystem mounted onto > /dev/pts. Agree. I had a shitload of probs when 2.2.0 came out and I switched.. Was due that /dev was readonly here. Bit strange if I think of it. > > -hpa >

Re: xterm: no available ptys

2000-11-06 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:Igmar Palsenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I'm missing ptmx. You NEED a writable /dev/pts dir. > Actually, what you need is the devpts filesystem mounted onto /dev/pts. -hpa -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at work, <[

Re: xterm: no available ptys

2000-11-06 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Paul Powell wrote: > Hello, > > I have created a trimmed down /dev directory to be > used with my custom bootable Linux CD. I've run into > a problem where I can't start an xterm. I get the > error... > > xterm: no available ptys > > I'm not sure which device I'm missing

Re: xterm: no available ptys

2000-11-06 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Did you mount /dev/pts, which is usually done with a line in /etc/fstab: > > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=0622 0 0 > That should be gid=5,mode=0620 unless you *REALLY*, *R

Re: xterm: no available ptys

2000-11-06 Thread Michael Meissner
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 12:37:38PM -0800, Paul Powell wrote: > Hello, > > I have created a trimmed down /dev directory to be > used with my custom bootable Linux CD. I've run into > a problem where I can't start an xterm. I get the > error... > > xterm: no available ptys > > I'm not sure whi

Re: xterm: no available ptys

2000-11-06 Thread Ben Ford
(ben@qwerty)-(12:52pm Mon Nov 6)-(/dev) $ ls ptys* ptys0 ptys2 ptys4 ptys6 ptys8 ptysa ptysc ptyse ptys1 ptys3 ptys5 ptys7 ptys9 ptysb ptysd ptysf -b Paul Powell wrote: > Hello, > > I have created a trimmed down /dev directory to be > used with my custom bootable Linux CD. I've