> 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