Subject: Re: xterm, get_pty, and /dev/pts
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Stefan_Kr=FCger?= <skrueger@meinberlikomm.de>
List: current-users
Date: 12/04/2004 08:39:15
Peter Seebach wrote:
> So, I upgraded to a new kernel. No problem. I upgraded X. Suddenly, xterm
> won't run as a normal user. xterm running as a normal user searches /dev/pts,
> and comes up empty, so it aborts. xterm running as root looks for /dev/ttyp*,
> which works. I can't mount /dev/pts:
>
> # mount_ptyfs ptyfs /dev/pts
> mount_ptyfs: ptyfs on /dev/pts: Operation not supported by device
add *file-system PTYFS* to your kernconf if you want to try it
> ?
BTW, the ptm manpage seems wrong, cause when I add *pseudo-device ptm*
to my kernconf, the kernel build errors...
> -s
SK