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From: Bob Sanders <rmsand@××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] eterm issue
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 00:58:34
Message-Id: 20050805175237.43578fe3@chi.speakeasy.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] eterm issue by Arek Murzyn
1 On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:58:11 +0200
2 "Arek Murzyn" <admin@××××××.pl> wrote:
3
4 > I've done something recently on my gentoo and I don't remember what but till
5 > that moment I cannot run Eterm or xterm when logged as user. When logged as
6 > root everything is working. This issue is known on the web but solutions
7 > does not satisfy me Eterm.
8 > There are messages:
9 > "Can't open pseudo-tty --No such file or directory"
10 > "Unable to run sub-command"
11 > Then Eterm window raises and there is only "Hit any key to exit"
12 > I checked:
13 > - /dev/pty is compiled in kernel
14 > - /dev/pty directory exists and all files within
15 > - symbolic links in /dev exists too
16 > - changed rights to all these files to rwxrwxrwx - nothing helped
17 > 2.6.12r6, 2005.0
18 > What can I do more? Changin debugging level in Eterm gives nothing.
19 >
20
21 Did you use Unix98 PTY or Legacy (BSD) Pty?
22 Also, are you using udev?
23 And you have Virtual terminal?
24
25 fwiw - I haven't seen it here with Unix98 ptys, udev, and 2.6.12-r4.
26
27 Bob
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