"Thomas H. George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I open a terminal from an X-Window it does not accept entries and > after a minute displays a message, "There was an error creating a > child process for this terminal." In some cases there was a message > like failed to create child process x-terminal-emulator. There is in > fact a soft link from x-terminal-emulator in /usr/bin to > /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator which is in turn a soft link to > /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper. PATH includes bin and sbin in /, > /usr and /usr/local.
> I installed this chrooted version of Etch as described in Debian > Reference - Debian tips, sections 8.6.35.1-4. From the console > (Ctl-Alt-F8) I can enter commands and edit files with no problems. > From X-Window (CTL-ATL-F9) I can launch programs - example: Gimp2.2 - > and access the internet - Gnome Web Browser 2.14.3 - but I can't do > any system administration or open a working terminal window. > Perhaps there is an ownership or permission issue that is the root of > the terminal problem? If so, I haven't been able to pin it down. You need to have /dev/pts mounted inside the chroot in order to set up the pseudo-terminal master/slave pair needed by the terminal emulator to run a virtual terminal device. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail.
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