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I was doing a lot of upgrading, and eventually I ended up with a situation |
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where if I run emerge, I get |
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openpty failed: 'out of pty devices' |
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If I try to remote log in to my SSH server, it says "server refused to |
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allocate pty". |
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I upgraded to GCC 4.6.3 today and switched my profile over to it, while |
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most of my system has been build on GCC 4.4 - I'm not sure if that matters |
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here. I'm currently on kernel 2.6.35-gentoo-r12, and I was making strides |
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to upgrade the system so I could migrate to udev-204 from udev-171-r6 which |
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I currently have. |
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When I upgraded to the 3.8.13 kernel today, I got the normal gdm login |
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interface I use, but when I tried to login - no dice! SSH server refused |
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to allocate PTY, and I could not kill X in order to get into a terminal (at |
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least, it starts right back up). |
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So I figured maybe I made a mistake configuring the new kernel, so I |
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reverted back to my 2.6.35-gentoo-r12 kernel, and X of course wouldn't come |
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up because my nvidia modules have been re-made for the new kernel. I was |
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able to log in to the system under the old kernel, but when I run any |
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emerge, it says "openpty failed: 'out of pty devices'". |
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So all of a sudden it doesn't seem to be connected to my upgrade to the new |
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kernel, as the old kernel does the same thing. |
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Where do I start looking for a problem? I can follow instructions, but |
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beyond using emerge and updating the system, I don't know a whole lot about |
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inner workings. |
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I sure woud appreciate some help to get me out of this bind. :-( |
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Thank you, |
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Denis |