server refused to allocate pty

stm · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 88

that's what i get when connecting with ssh.
it worked before i put in a new hdd and copied everything onto it. i thought that shouldn't be a problem?

any hints are welcome.

Nickw · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 4:23 pm Post subject:

I presume you copied 'all' over. Check the /dev directory - and look at boot messages if on boot it tried to 'rm /dev/.devfsd' file (and then devfsd failed to start).

If you see that, you will need to boot with Gentoo CD, mount the HD, and remove /dev/.devfsd file only. Then reboot with the hard drive.

Nick

stm · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 88

great, that worked!
thank you!

Nickw · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 5:52 pm Post subject:

NP, glad it all worked... read my big post in this thread (look near the end of my post re .devfsd):

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=619526&highlight=#619526

It took me about an hour to suss that this week - I had the exact same problem as you with SSH/

Nick

stm · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 88

you did tar copy everything
i just did cp -p
bad idea?

Nickw · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 6:09 pm Post subject:

That tar copy line was given to me but one of the guys in the HantsLUG mailing list - it copies files with all correct file permissions and ownerships (and the rogue /dev/.devfsd lock file!).

I didn't really look at other copy methods, but it looks like cp -p may do a similar job:

gen2newB · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 2:41 pm Post subject:

Sorry if i am jacking the thread, but i have the same problem only i have sshd running on the 2.6 livecd. Was there anything that i should have done differently? I am trying to use putty. Am i up the creek until i can get to the box itself? Thanks