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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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> I have the latest udev installed, and udev-mount is running on boot. 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 got |
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similar results to what you describe.) |
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Peter |
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