Re: OFFTOPIC? PTY related question in 2.1.115

=?iso-8859-1?Q?Johan_Myr=E9en?= (jem@vistacom.fi)
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 21:58:12 +0300 (EET DST)


On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Meino Christian Cramer wrote:

> Hello!

> Short question: I have compiled 2.1.115
> with and without support of UNIX98 ptys.
>
> Both times, when I start X11 and try to open
> xterm/rxvt it fails due to no available
> /dev/pty*.
>
> My question: How can I make that "feature" ;-)
> go away?
>
> What did I wrong?

Check that you have the ptyp* and ttyp* devices in /dev, and
that they have major numbers 2 and 3 respectively, *not* major
#4. See linux/Documentation/devices.txt.

-- 
Johan Myréen
jem@iki.fi

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