-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Joe Hart wrote: > Alan Chandler wrote: >> Joe Hart writes: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> Alan Chandler wrote: >>>> On Monday 16 April 2007 22:29, Alan Chandler wrote: >>>>> I've just upgraded my Debian Sid system, and now when I try and start >>>>> konsole (in KDE) it fails saying it is unable to open a PTY. >>>>> Is this a udev problem or something else? >>>> I presume by the deafening silence that this isn't a problem that is >>>> hitting everyone else out there. >>>> Can someone at least tell me which init script is supposed to set up >>>> the psuedo ttys so I can try and figure out why it isn't happening. >>> I would bet that your video driver is causing this. Did you recently >>> install ati's fglrx? >> No I am using the intel i810 driver - but have been for some time >>> The ttys, are started in the init script >> Which one? I am not actually sure which /dev devices they are. Another >> machine of mine has /dev/ptyx (where x is 0-f) but the effected machine >> has none of these. Are these the ptys that would be used? > > the file /etc/inittab is where they are generated. > >> There is also /dev/ttyx (where x is 0-63) >>> and >>> should be available from boot. But sometimes X will trap the keyboard >>> so you can't get to them. >>> I would start by not booting into X and see if it works, then you can >>> better isolate what is causing your problem. I am still betting it is >>> fglrx. >> I am not sure how I can get it to work without X as Konsole, is >> dependant on X. I can Ctl-Alt Fn to get to different consoles with X >> running - but there is also a bug in the i810 driver that if I go to a >> text console and then try and go back to the graphics screen the whole >> machine locks solid. > > It still sounds to me like your video driver and X that is causing your > problem. I don't think it is the ttys. I don't have access to an 810, > so I can't test anything, perhaps someone else can shed some light on > this for you. > >> I am pretty sure the X problem isn't the issue - as I implied above, I >> don't have the /dev devices - and I have only found that out by not >> having x running. > > hmm, getting beyond my scope here. I'm afraid I am still a noob. > > Joe
Ignore all these messages from me, I am talking about real ttys with the ctrl-alt-F1 thru F6, not konsole. Shame on me for opening my big mouth and read what Greg Folkert says. He's much better at this sort of thing (and most everything else). I am worthless. Well, not really but on this issue for sure. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGJMx3iXBCVWpc5J4RAkOMAKCHoRf1qGRo76o1VRavJBfI9z4qPwCdHBKa 2vezCJPQ5G9XT0STt+0FkLc= =jQqR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
