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From: Colleen Beamer <colleen.beamer@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:06:23
Message-Id: 4F0102C0.3040003@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On 01/01/12 19:55, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 19:40:37 schrieb Michael Mol:
3 >> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann
5 >>>
6 >>> <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote:
7 >>>> Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 16:01:58 schrieb Mark Knecht:
8 >>>>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Colleen Beamer
9 >>>>> <colleen.beamer@×××××.com>
10 >>>>> wrote: <SNIP>
11 >>>>>
12 >>>>>> No updates - konsole was working less than 15 minutes prior to sending
13 >>>>>> my
14 >>>>>> first message. Will trying googling. Thanks.
15 >>>>>>
16 >>>>>>
17 >>>>>> Colleen
18 >>>>> Mysterious thread Colleen.
19 >>>>>
20 >>>>> Possibly the font file itself is messed up? I See you've tried other
21 >>>>> things in the Konsole config. Maybe try that?
22 >>>>>
23 >>>>>
24 >>>>> Settings->Appearance and then near the bottom try changing the font
25 >>>>> size, checking and unchecking the Smooth fonts options, and which font
26 >>>>> is being used?
27 >>>>>
28 >>>>> Good luck,
29 >>>>> Mark
30 >>>> it is not font related. the error from xsession-errors is pretty clear.
31 >>>>
32 >>>> --
33 >>>> #163933
34 >>> I tend to agree Volker.
35 >>>
36 >>> Collen - on my system the pts entries are part of the tty group:
37 >>>
38 >>> mark@c2stable ~ $ ls -al /dev/pts/
39 >>> total 0
40 >>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 1 07:55 .
41 >>> drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 5080 Jan 1 15:07 ..
42 >>> crw--w---- 1 mark tty 136, 0 Jan 1 09:58 0
43 >>> crw------- 1 mark tty 136, 1 Jan 1 15:23 1
44 >>> crw------- 1 mark tty 136, 2 Jan 1 16:31 2
45 >>> mark@c2stable ~ $
46 >>>
47 >>> Yours seemed to be assigned to you as a group and not tty.
48 >> Then why would xterm work?
49 > because xterm does not touch anything in /dev/pts
50 >
51 > xterm uses /dev/ptmx
52 > konsole uses /dev/ptmx and /dev/pts/X
53 > now look at the permissions of ptmx and pts/*
54 >
55 > ls -lh /dev/ptmx
56 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 2 2. Jan 01:54 /dev/ptmx
57 >
58 > and for pts I posted above/look at mark's output. Group setting is important.
59 >
60 >
61 Okay, so how do I change the group for a character device?
62
63 Regards,
64
65 Colleen
66
67 --
68
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>