Le 10/24/03 Chris I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit notamment: > 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 :)
Thanks a lot, that was it. But there is a problem with this warning message which I had read and then disregarded: the next stages are not possible with the kernel I have > ewarn "Also, note that you must compile in support for" > ewarn "input devices (Input device support->Input devices)," no "Input-devices" in "Input device support"! > > ewarn "the virtual terminal (Character Devices->Virtual terminal)," no "Virtual terminal" in "Character Devices"! > > ewarn "vga_console (Graphics Support->Console...->VGA text console)" > ewarn "and the vt_console (Character Devices->Support for console...)." no ...! > > 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 :) But I have these anyway: CONFIG_INPUT=y CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y This is why I stupidely disregarded it Everything's well now, thx, -- Jean Magnan de Bornier 3 Cours Victor Hugo, 13980 Alleins France Tel: 04 90 59 33 94 Port: 06 09 17 35 87 m�l: jm.bornier*at*free.fr -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
