Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-09-01 Thread Takehiko Abe
Paul Scott wrote: > $ stat /dev/ptmx > [...snip...] ptmx looks fine to me. > mountpoint says /dev/pts is not a mount point You need to mount devpts filesystem at /dev/pts. pts(4) manpage says: ;; The Linux support for the above (known as Unix98 pty naming) is ;; done using the devpts filesyst

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-09-01 Thread Paul Scott
Takehiko Abe wrote: Paul Scott wrote: >> looks different from the previous pty error. Have you fixed that? > > I don't know enough to know why it should have changed with all > stock updates or enough to fix it at this point. You reported that legacy pty support is turned off in the new kernel.

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-09-01 Thread Takehiko Abe
Paul Scott wrote: >> looks different from the previous pty error. Have you fixed that? > > I don't know enough to know why it should have changed with all > stock updates or enough to fix it at this point. You reported that legacy pty support is turned off in the new kernel. That is one change f

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-09-01 Thread Jeff D
On Sat, 1 Sep 2007, Paul Scott wrote: Takehiko Abe wrote: Paul Scott wrote: Here's the end of the strace. It doesn't tell me anything we don't already know. Maybe someone else will see more: So what do you already know? For instance, this [...] write(2, "xterm Xt error: Can\'t open disp

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-09-01 Thread Paul Scott
Takehiko Abe wrote: Paul Scott wrote: Here's the end of the strace. It doesn't tell me anything we don't already know. Maybe someone else will see more: So what do you already know? For instance, this [...] write(2, "xterm Xt error: Can\'t open displ"..., [...] looks different from the

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-09-01 Thread Takehiko Abe
Paul Scott wrote: Here's the end of the strace. It doesn't tell me anything we don't already know. Maybe someone else will see more: So what do you already know? For instance, this [...] write(2, "xterm Xt error: Can\'t open displ"..., [...] looks different from the previous pty error. H

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-09-01 Thread Paul Scott
Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-08-30 23:46:39 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > >> Vincent Lefevre wrote: >> >>> I have no problems with this recent change on my x86 machine. >>> Also, if I understand correctly, most programs no longer use >>> "legacy" pty's. And ttyrec, which still uses them, f

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-08-31 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-30 23:46:39 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Vincent Lefevre wrote: >> I have no problems with this recent change on my x86 machine. >> Also, if I understand correctly, most programs no longer use >> "legacy" pty's. And ttyrec, which still uses them, fails with >> the new kernel. The fact that

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-08-31 Thread Paul Scott
Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2007-08-29 20:40:28 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: So have I been missing the main point? Is the recent change in CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS the problem? I have no problems with this recent change on my x86 machine. Also, if I understand correctly, most programs no longer

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-08-31 Thread Paul Scott
Wayne Topa wrote: OK from your Aug 26 post CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS=Y CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT+256 ^ That should be = Not + That should not have happend, unless you ignored the warning at the top of the file. " # Automatically generated make config: don't edit" These are bot

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-08-30 Thread Wayne Topa
Paul Scott([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Wayne Topa wrote: >> Paul Scott([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: >> >>> Laptop with AMD K6 running Debian sid >>> >>> xterm works w/ stock 2.6.17-2-486 >>> >>> with stock 2.6.22-1-486 attempting to start xterm gives: >>> >>> x

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-08-30 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-29 20:40:28 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > So have I been missing the main point? Is the recent change in > CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS the problem? I have no problems with this recent change on my x86 machine. Also, if I understand correctly, most programs no longer use "legacy" pty's. And ttyrec

Re: xterm won't start

2007-08-30 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-29 15:39:42 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > No terminal I have tried will start. > rxvt fails. The error message is: > > urxvt: can't initialize pseudo-tty, aborting. > > Text mode Emacs 21 also fails. So, the problem seems to come from your kernel (since the old one works). Another sugg

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-08-29 Thread Paul Scott
Wayne Topa wrote: Paul Scott([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Laptop with AMD K6 running Debian sid xterm works w/ stock 2.6.17-2-486 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 attempting to start xterm gives: xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys I

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-08-29 Thread Paul Scott
Wayne Topa wrote: Paul Scott([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Laptop with AMD K6 running Debian sid xterm works w/ stock 2.6.17-2-486 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 attempting to start xterm gives: xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys I

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-08-29 Thread Wayne Topa
Paul Scott([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Laptop with AMD K6 running Debian sid > > xterm works w/ stock 2.6.17-2-486 > > with stock 2.6.22-1-486 attempting to start xterm gives: > > xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory > Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys > > I have up

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-08-29 Thread Wayne Topa
Paul Scott([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Laptop with AMD K6 running Debian sid > > xterm works w/ stock 2.6.17-2-486 > > with stock 2.6.22-1-486 attempting to start xterm gives: > > xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory > Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys > > I have up

Re: xterm won't start

2007-08-29 Thread Paul Scott
Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-08-27 23:06:53 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > >> I should have made it clear that I am using a (the latest package) >> stock 2.6.22 (486) kernel. It would seem that I must have made some >> kind of install mistake to lead to: >> >> xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such f

Re: xterm won't start

2007-08-29 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-27 23:06:53 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > I should have made it clear that I am using a (the latest package) > stock 2.6.22 (486) kernel. It would seem that I must have made some > kind of install mistake to lead to: > > xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory > Reason: get_pty:

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-08-29 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/29/2007 06:51 AM, Mumia W.. wrote: Could someone please e-mail me (or post to http://pastebin.mozilla.org ) a copy of /boot/config-2.6.22-1-486 ? I want to see if I have this problem with 2.6.22 also, but I need to use the default config file. I apologize for bothering the list. I ha

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-08-29 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/28/2007 11:22 PM, Paul Scott wrote: Laptop with AMD K6 running Debian sid xterm works w/ stock 2.6.17-2-486 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 attempting to start xterm gives: xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys I have upgraded almost anything that

Re: xterm won't start

2007-08-27 Thread Paul Scott
Sent from unsubscribed address again. Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2007-08-27 10:28:48 -, Thomas Dickey wrote: Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've had a pty-related error with xterm on PowerPC in the past. I had to use the following workaround in my app-defaults file for X

Re: xterm won't start

2007-08-27 Thread Paul Scott
Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2007-08-27 10:28:48 -, Thomas Dickey wrote: Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've had a pty-related error with xterm on PowerPC in the past. I had to use the following workaround in my app-defaults file for XTerm: I don't think it is relat

Re: xterm won't start

2007-08-27 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-27 10:28:48 -, Thomas Dickey wrote: > Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've had a pty-related error with xterm on PowerPC in the past. I had > > to use the following workaround in my app-defaults file for XTerm: > > I don't think it is related (it's a different error c

Re: xterm won't start

2007-08-27 Thread Thomas Dickey
Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've had a pty-related error with xterm on PowerPC in the past. I had > to use the following workaround in my app-defaults file for XTerm: I don't think it is related (it's a different error code). > ! On ay (PPC), ones needs to set eightBitInput to t

Re: xterm won't start

2007-08-27 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-26 19:46:29 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Installed 2.6.22 kernel and built module for USB wireless card. > Starting xterm gives: > > xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory > Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys I've had a pty-related error with xterm on PowerPC in the past. I had