Blank Gnome terminal with gentoo-dev-sources [solved]

slindberg · n00b Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19

I was going to switch to the gentoo-dev-sources (I was running mm-sources) because I wanted supermount. However, when I boot this new kernel, everything works fine - except when I try to open up a terminal in Gnome. The program itself loads just fine, but no prompt appears. Only a blinking cursor is present. Nothing appears when I type either.

I can switch back to the mm-sources kernel and it all works again. I thought it might have something to do with the framebuffer stuff, so I messed around with them like mad, but to no avail.

Any ideas?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 10:37 pm Post subject:

slindberg,

You have misconfigured your kernel. You missed out the psudo terminals (PTYs?).
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slindberg · n00b Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19

Thanks a lot - you nailed it. I was missing

Filesystems ->
Psuedo filesystems ->
/dev/pts file system for Unix98 PTYs

Shawn

verbatim · Apprentice Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Posts: 223

This is why the ebuild explicitly tells you to enable this when you emerge it.

slindberg · n00b Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19

Well, I probably didn't see that (there's so much output from emerge and I'm not always looking). I was just using a config from my mm-sources kernel, so I probably thought that setting would carry over.

Shawn

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:07 pm Post subject:

slindberg,

You can't just use a config from another kernel, unless you run

slindberg · n00b Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19

That's weird, I never had a problem until now... but thanks for the heads up.

Shawn

hgomersall · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:47 pm Post subject:

Ah, this is interesting. It seems that adding oneself to the tty group also solved the problem.

I'll have to check out that kernel option.

schnaburelis · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 1 Location: CH

Hi all!

I have the same bug with the gnome terminal (it starts, but no prompt appears). I switched from kernel 2.6.5-rc3-mm4 to 2.6.5-mm5 and made a "make oldconfig". before switching all was fine...
I also checked your answers, but i can't find the "/dev/pts file system for Unix98 PTYs" option in the kernel config (i just see /dev/pts Extended Attributes) and when i add my user into the tty group nothing happens.

hgomersall · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:56 pm Post subject:

enable:
character devices > Unix98 PTY support
This should allow you to enable /dev/pts... in the filesystem menu.

Hope it works
hen

omeyotl · n00b Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 24

I'm using the gentoo-dev-sources kernel, vs. 2.6.5 I believe. Just downloaded it a couple of days ago and I am having the exact same issues as schnaburelis.

From following the directions in the handbook, the emerge notes, and various threads I have been able to configure everything except /dev/pts for UNIX PTY's....the option just is not there. /dev/pts Extended Attributes is as is legacy (BSD) PTY support under Character Devices.

I am not too worried about it, but wanted to make it known that the options listed in the handbook and in the emerge information you get after emerging the new sources are not in the menuconfig.

Last night I went back and double checked all the things previously mentioned in this thread too and still no /dev/pts for UNIX 98.

Should I enable the (BSD) PTY? If you choose it, you can set the maximum number of PTY's. The default is 256, is that setting fine?

Thanks for any feedback.