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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Peter Humphrey [mailto:peter@××××××××××××××.org] |
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> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 9:51 PM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] openpty() failing with UNIX98 ptys |
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> On Sunday 27 January 2013 04:46:22 Mike Edenfield wrote: |
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> > At some point recently, one of my systems has begun having problems |
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> > allocating pseudo-terminals via the UNIX98 pty scheme. I am using the |
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> > same kernel configuration I've had for years, and running the latest |
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> > ~amd64 version of all the relevant packages. The problem manifests |
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> > itself on any program that attempts to allocate a pseudo-terminal, |
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> > including portage and openssh. I first noticed the problem when I could |
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> > no longer ssh into the server because it would not allocate a pty. |
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> > |
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> > I have the latest udev installed, and udev-mount is running on boot. |
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Both |
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> > /dev and /dev/pts are mounted, and /dev/ptmx exists and is |
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> > world-readable: |
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> What does 'grep devtmpfs /etc/fstab' reveal? (Long shot - I misread the |
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> latest news article and changed one of the tmpfs fields to devtmpfs and |
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got |
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> similar results to what you describe.) |
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I don't have any devtmpfs in my /etc/fstab; I think I removed a lot of |
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pseudo-mount points a while back when I added udev-mount to my runlevel. |
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--Mike |