On Fri, 30 May 2003 14:06:48 -0700 (PDT) George Dowding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a new installation. I was unable to do a level > one installation because glibc failed to compile. Now > I have X running and the 2.59 linux kernel. When I > try to open a terminal I get a message that there may > be a problem with Unix98 ptys. I have tried all > permutation relating to Unix98 pty options in the > kernel with no results. I am trying to recompile > glibc to see if that fixes the problem. > > Any ideas? > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > Not sure about your glibc problem, however the problem with your pty's is that devfs no longer handles these in the 2.5 series, you need: CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256 (you can change the count if you want) then add this to fstab: none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 this will get the pty's up and allow your {x|a|E}terms, and the others as well. -- Chuck Brewer Gentoo Linux Developer http://www.gentoo.org GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xBB12D4CB GPG FP : 893B 4DA0 2763 12CF 4891 E6AC 9085 E8F6 BB12 D4CB
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