From: Michael Meissner <meissner@spectacle-pond.org>
To: Paul Powell <moloch16@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: xterm: no available ptys
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 15:57:55 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001106155755.A4096@munchkin.spectacle-pond.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20001106203738.17935.qmail@web110.yahoomail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20001106203738.17935.qmail@web110.yahoomail.com>; from moloch16@yahoo.com on Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 12:37:38PM -0800
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 12:37:38PM -0800, Paul Powell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have created a trimmed down /dev directory to be
> used with my custom bootable Linux CD. I've run into
> a problem where I can't start an xterm. I get the
> error...
>
> xterm: no available ptys
>
> I'm not sure which device I'm missing in /dev. I'm no
> expert on how the tty's and stuff work so feel free to
> fill me in. Everything else seems to work fine on the
> CD.
Did you mount /dev/pts, which is usually done with a line in /etc/fstab:
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=0622 0 0
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-11-06 20:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-06 20:37 Paul Powell
2000-11-06 20:53 ` Ben Ford
2000-11-06 20:57 ` Michael Meissner [this message]
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
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