Re: No available ptys

To quote USM Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # drwxr-xr-x rootroot0 Jan 21 13:08:32 2001 pts Looks like you're running 2.4.0, with devfs enables and mounted. Don't use devfs unless you're read the documentation(not sure where it is, check /usr/src/linux/Documentation ). David Barclay Harri

Re: No available ptys

Thanks for this info. This was education for me since I know very little about device files and pseudo filesystems. The error seems to be elsewhere, since after changing the fstab I get the message "mount: devpts already mounted at /dev/pts". My /etc/init.d/devpts.sh is in place and obviously has

Re: No available ptys

On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 20:38:57 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >The error message I receive is "xterm: no available ptys". > c) I cannot run the "script" program as user. As root there are no >problems. The error message I get is "openpty failed". This happens >in "X" as well as in