Note that recompiling the kernel from scratch will let anyone bring back the BSD ptys if needed. It's just that the precompiled kernel in Debian Lenny doesn't have that option enabled.
--- On Sat, 7/25/09, Bob Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bob Nielsen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Compiling Xastir on OSX and remote TNC access > To: [email protected], "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" > <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009, 2:46 PM > They switched from BSD ptys to Unix98 > ptys, so there are a few gotchas which may need to be worked > out in some cases. > > Bob, N7XY > > On Jul 25, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Tom Russo wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 02:17:28PM -0400, we recorded > a bogon-computron collision of the <[email protected]> > flavor, containing: > >>> Also, you can look into "ldsped" to run on > your linux machine if it's an x86 > >>> machine --- right now ldsped is only available > in binary form as a beta release. > >>> With it you can share your Linux machine's TNC > across a network just like > >>> AGWPE. > >> > >> Thanks Tom, that's my next step I think if I can't > get everything to > >> play nicely. I also posted a message to the linux > hams mailing list > >> and looks like pty's went away with Lenny... so > this may be a more > >> pliable option now. > > > > WHAT!?!?! They did away with PTYs? That is > Just Wrong. > > > > --Tom Russo > KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux > http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ > > Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 > http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM > > In some cultures what I do would be > considered normal. > > > > -- Ineffective daily affirmation > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xastir mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
