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From: monotux@×××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Eterm, XTerm disappear everytime I invoke them in KDE
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:11:08
Message-Id: 200507251201.44315.monotux@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Eterm, XTerm disappear everytime I invoke them in KDE by Hareesh Nagarajan
1 Have you compiled a new kernel recently?
2 When terminals behave like that, usually that means that you haven't compiled
3 in "legacy (bsd) pty support" in your kernel (Device Drivers -> Character
4 devices)...
5
6 Oscar
7
8 Monday 25 July 2005 10.48 skrev Hareesh Nagarajan:
9 > Hi All:
10 >
11 > Everytime I invoke a new instance of ETerm or XTerm, they appear on
12 > the screen momentarily and then disappear. A ps -ef | grep $TERM shows
13 > nothing, which proves that these processes died almost as soon as they
14 > were spawned.
15 >
16 > When I invoke Konsole, the window appears but the prompt never makes
17 > it to the screen.
18 >
19 > I have no idea why I am facing this problem, because in the last boot it
20 > worked.
21 >
22 > Any hints?
23 >
24 > Thanks,
25 >
26 > Hareesh
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Re: [gentoo-user] Eterm, XTerm disappear everytime I invoke them in KDE Hareesh Nagarajan <hareesh.nagarajan@×××××.com>