Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: konsole
Kubuntu Jaunty 9.04
konsole 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu4
BACKGROUND:
Konsole was working fine in 8.10. I upgraded to 9.04. After uneventful
upgrade, I started Konsole (using all launch methods - Alt-F2, K menu, virtual
terminal)
EXPECTED RESULT:
The bash shell prompt should show in the Konsole and one should be able to
interact with it.
ACTUAL RESULTS:
The Konsole window would open, but the cursor would be stuck in the upper RH
corner, and nothing could affect it.
TRIAGE:
I could still access virtual terminals via Alt-Ctrl-Fn, so I launched Konsole
from there and watched the error messages:
$ export DISPLAY=:0.0
$ konsole
I got 3 lines of errors, and the first appeared to be the most important
-- something about not being able to attach to terminal. As I ran this
on a tty, I am unable at this time to retrieve the errors - I may be
able to recreate later.
I tried again as root:
$ xhost +
$ sudo su root
# export DISPLAY=:0.0
# konsole
And it worked fine. Here is what I did to triage the problem:
$ sudo usermod -a -G tty username
This appears to have something to do with /dev/pty* nodes; on my laptop
(which I updated as well) these don't exist and neither does this
problem. On my desktop - which had the problem -- /dev/pty* and
/dev/tty* nodes both have ownership and permissions as follows:
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 2, 173 2009-04-26 13:14 /dev/ptyzd
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 2, 174 2009-04-26 13:14 /dev/ptyze
crw--w---- 1 root root 4, 0 2009-04-26 13:14 /dev/tty0
crw------- 1 user tty 4, 1 2009-04-26 14:21 /dev/tty1
I do not know if this is an appropriate fix. Please review and advise.
** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Konsole Shell Refused to Start after 8.10 -> 9.04 upgrade
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367608
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