From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
To: Igmar Palsenberg <maillist@chello.nl>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: xterm: no available ptys
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 18:24:27 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A08B95B.3D473A5F@transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011080131200.32613-100000@server.serve.me.nl>
Igmar Palsenberg wrote:
>
> > > I'm missing ptmx. You NEED a writable /dev/pts dir.
> > >
> >
> > Actually, what you need is the devpts filesystem mounted onto
> > /dev/pts.
>
> Agree. I had a shitload of probs when 2.2.0 came out and I switched.. Was
> due that /dev was readonly here. Bit strange if I think of it.
>
If you don't have devpts mounted, glibc tries to use a setuid program to
hack around /dev for you. I'd rather wish it didn't, actually.
-hpa
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-11-08 2:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-06 20:37 xterm: no available ptys Paul Powell
2000-11-06 20:53 ` Ben Ford
2000-11-06 20:57 ` Michael Meissner
2000-11-06 22:04 ` H. Peter Anvin
2000-11-07 0:57 ` Igmar Palsenberg
2000-11-07 0:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2000-11-08 0:32 ` Igmar Palsenberg
2000-11-08 2:24 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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