Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 20:01:04 schrieb Colleen Beamer:
> On 01/01/12 19:32, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 19:10:25 schrieb Colleen Beamer:
> >> On 01/01/12 18:48, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> >>> Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 18:20:55 schrieb Colleen Beamer:
> >>>> On 01/01/12 18:06, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> >>>>> Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 17:36:02 schrieb Colleen Beamer:
> >>>>>> On 01/01/12 17:15, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> >>>>>>> Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 16:51:23 schrieb Colleen Beamer:
> >>>>>>>>> What happens if you run xterm?
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> In response, konsole was working just find earlier today - I had a
> >>>>>>>> command prompt and everything. I had to install xterm, but on
> >>>>>>>> install
> >>>>>>>> I could run xterm and it provides me with a command prompt.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> so what happens when you start konsole out of xterm? Any messages?
> >>>>>>> Do
> >>>>>>> you
> >>>>>>> find anything in .xsession-errors?
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Starting konsole out of xterm results in the same issue - no prompt.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> From .xsession-errors the following related to konsole was provided,
> >>>>>> but
> >>>>>> I have no idea how to go about fixing this:
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> konsole(8283)/kdecore (KPty/K3Process) KPty::open: Can't open a
> >>>>>> pseudo
> >>>>>> teletype
> >>>>>> konsole(8283) Konsole::Pty::flowControlEnabled: Unable to get flow
> >>>>>> control status, terminal not connected.
> >>>>>> konsole(8283) Konsole::Pty::start: Unable to set terminal attributes.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Bingo.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> well, check that /dev/pts is mounted. Did you have any consolekit,
> >>>> 
> >>>> udev, dbus
> >>>> 
> >>>>> updates? Are the permissions set correctly? have you recompiled
> >>>>> kdelibs?
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> But this is exactly your problem - google for it.
> >>>> 
> >>>> No updates - konsole was working less than 15 minutes prior to sending
> >>>> my first message.  Will trying googling.  Thanks.
> >>> 
> >>> is consolekit still running? does the problem persist after a reboot?
> >> 
> >> Since my last response, I have checked that /dev/pts is mounted and it
> >> is.  The console-kit-daemon appears to be running.  I checked
> >> permissions of /dev/pts - they look okay, but I'm not sure what they
> >> should be because I've never had an issue like this before.  This is
> >> what they are:
> >> 
> >> total 0
> >> drwxr-xr-x  2 root    root         0 Jan  1 17:06 .
> >> drwxr-xr-x 17 root    root      4680 Jan  1 17:07 ..
> >> crw-------  1 colleen colleen 136, 0 Jan  1 19:07 0
> > 
> > should look like this:
> > ls -hl /dev/pts
> > insgesamt 0
> > crw--w---- 1 <user> tty 136, 0 30. Dez 21:37 0
> > crw------- 1   <user> tty 136, 1  2. Jan 01:20 1
> > crw------- 1  <user>  tty 136, 2  1. Jan 21:15 2
> > crw------- 1  <user> tty 136, 3  1. Jan 23:19 3
> > crw------- 1  <user> tty 136, 4  1. Jan 21:31 4
> > 
> > so the question is, where did it get borked. To clear something up, what
> > did you emerge in the time before this happend? Also, useflags for
> > kdelibs please.
> I didn't emerge anything before this happened.
> 
> Use flags for kdelibs are as follows:
> 
> -3dnow
> +acl
> +alsa
> -bindist
> +bzip
> -debug
> -doc
> -fam
> +handbook
> -jpeg2k
> -kerberos
> -lzma
> +mmx
> +nls
> -openexr
> +opengl
> +policykit
> -semantic-desktop
> -spell
> +sse
> +sse2
> +ssl
> -test
> +udev
> +udisks
> +upower
> -zeroconf
> 
> > I also tried googling, but haven't found anything that made any sense to
> > me.
> > 
> > try googling pts permissions.
> > 
> > When you cat mtab, do you find something like this:
> > /etc/mtab:
> > devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
> > 
> > is the devfs initscript run? does it look ok?
> > (having this:
> > devpts /dev/pts 0755 ,gid=5,mode=0620 devpts
> 
> This is the output from "cating" mtab:
>
> devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0

now compare that with my line.

Then find out which script does it to you. Do you have a devpts entry in fstab?

Correct it, you are done.

And I should have gone to bed 4h ago. Old men need sleep (/me feels older than 
I am.)

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