Re: [gentoo-user] eterm issue

[Bob Sanders <rmsand@concentric.net>]

On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:58:11 +0200
"Arek Murzyn" <admin@haldon.pl> wrote:

> I've done something recently on my gentoo and I don't remember what but till
> that moment I cannot run Eterm or xterm when logged as user. When logged as
> root everything is working. This issue is known on the web but solutions
> does not satisfy me Eterm.
> There are messages:
> "Can't open pseudo-tty --No such file or directory"
> "Unable to run sub-command"
> Then Eterm window raises and there is only "Hit any key to exit"
> I checked:
> - /dev/pty is compiled in kernel
> - /dev/pty directory exists and all files within
> - symbolic links in /dev exists too
> - changed rights to all these files to rwxrwxrwx - nothing helped
> 2.6.12r6, 2005.0
> What can I do more? Changin debugging level in Eterm gives nothing.
>

Did you use Unix98 PTY or Legacy (BSD) Pty? 
Also, are you using udev?
And you have Virtual terminal?

fwiw - I haven't seen it here with Unix98 ptys, udev, and 2.6.12-r4.

Bob 
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