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quadbox
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 11 Jun 2002
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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 Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 6:59 am Post subject: Can't open any terminals! |
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For some reason, on my new install, I can't open any terminals. I've tried Eterm, aterm, and xterm. Error messages are as follow:
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reason: get_pty: not enough ptys
aterm: can't open slave tty (null)
Eterm: Error: grantpt(4) failed: No such file or directory
Eterm: Error: Can't open pseudo-tty -- No such file or directory
Eterm: Error: Unable to run sub-command.
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Does anyone have an idea what's causing this, and how to correct it? I can't figure it out. |
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dice
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Joined: 21 Apr 2002
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Recently upgrade to 2.5?
Try:
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CheshireCat
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| What kernel are you using? If it's 2.5.68, and you've been using something older before, you must mount the /dev/pts filesystem, as devfs no longer takes care of this feature for you. This bit me when I tried 2.5.68 last weekend. If it's something older, I'm not sure what your problem is, but it's probably related, since it looks like you can't get a pseudo-tty for your terminal program. |
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quadbox
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 9:02 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks guys, that was indeed the problem. |
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bsolar
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 10:09 am Post subject: |
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