Subject: Re: xterm ioctl's in -current
To: None <gtimuss@sirius.uvic.ca>
From: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 03/28/1996 02:00:17
> I'm running XFree86 3.12 on NetBSD -current for i386.
>
> Since about 960317, xterm's abort with the following error:
>
> xterm: Error 23, errno 25: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
> If I return to my March 8 kernel, things work fine. Tried compiling new
> xterm from latest source, but same problem. The only options I think could
> have anything to do with this follow:
> [ ... ]
> #options COMPAT_43 # and 4.3BSD
You _NEED_ COMPAT_43 to use many programs, including xterm, which use
the 4.3BSD IOCTLs (e.g. the sgtty ioctls) which have been deprecated
in 4.4BSD.
cgd