On 2003.10.24 06:17, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: (snippie)
Something else, with this kernel: I cannot open any xterm anymore! Any help appreciated. TIA
Quoting directly from the ebuild (with my comments thrown in for fun), the ewarn messages at the end (displayed after the package merges) state:
ewarn "Please note that ptyfs support has been removed from devfs" ewarn "in the later 2.5.x kernels, and you have to compile it in now," ewarn "or else you will get errors when trying to open a pty." ewarn "The option is File systems->Pseudo filesystems->/dev/pts" ewarn "filesystem."
That means that you need to compile /dev/pts support into your kernel. Exactly as it says, it used to be part of devfs as well, but was removed as there was code doing the exact same thing as a configurable option. Nobody wants redundant code, so the devfs stuff was stripped out as it's generally better to have an option. Even if you pretty much always want it on :)
ewarn "Also, note that you must compile in support for"
ewarn "input devices (Input device support->Input devices),"
ewarn "the virtual terminal (Character Devices->Virtual terminal),"
ewarn "vga_console (Graphics Support->Console...->VGA text console)"
ewarn "and the vt_console (Character Devices->Support for console...)."
ewarn "Otherwise, you will get the dreaded \"Uncompressing the Kernel \""
ewarn "error."
Well, I'm assuming you did this as you didnt complain about total lack of output when booting :)
einfo "Consult http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt"; einfo "for more info about the development series."
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