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.) -- #163933
