On 01/01/12 18:48, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 18:20:55 schrieb Colleen Beamer: >> On 01/01/12 18:06, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >>> Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 17:36:02 schrieb Colleen Beamer: >>>> On 01/01/12 17:15, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >>>>> Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 16:51:23 schrieb Colleen Beamer: >>>>>>> What happens if you run xterm? >>>>>> In response, konsole was working just find earlier today - I had a >>>>>> command prompt and everything. I had to install xterm, but on install >>>>>> I could run xterm and it provides me with a command prompt. >>>>> so what happens when you start konsole out of xterm? Any messages? Do >>>>> you >>>>> find anything in .xsession-errors? >>>> Starting konsole out of xterm results in the same issue - no prompt. >>>> >>>> From .xsession-errors the following related to konsole was provided, but >>>> I have no idea how to go about fixing this: >>>> >>>> konsole(8283)/kdecore (KPty/K3Process) KPty::open: Can't open a pseudo >>>> teletype >>>> konsole(8283) Konsole::Pty::flowControlEnabled: Unable to get flow >>>> control status, terminal not connected. >>>> konsole(8283) Konsole::Pty::start: Unable to set terminal attributes. >>> Bingo. >>> >>> well, check that /dev/pts is mounted. Did you have any consolekit, >> udev, dbus >> >>> updates? Are the permissions set correctly? have you recompiled kdelibs? >>> >>> But this is exactly your problem - google for it. >> No updates - konsole was working less than 15 minutes prior to sending >> my first message. Will trying googling. Thanks. > is consolekit still running? does the problem persist after a reboot? > > Since my last response, I have checked that /dev/pts is mounted and it is. The console-kit-daemon appears to be running. I checked permissions of /dev/pts - they look okay, but I'm not sure what they should be because I've never had an issue like this before. This is what they are:
total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 1 17:06 . drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4680 Jan 1 17:07 .. crw------- 1 colleen colleen 136, 0 Jan 1 19:07 0 I have rebooted multiple times to no avail. I also tried googling, but haven't found anything that made any sense to me. Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
