Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262489AbTEVFY7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 May 2003 01:24:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262493AbTEVFY7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 May 2003 01:24:59 -0400 Received: from mail.cpt.sahara.co.za ([196.41.29.142]:32242 "EHLO workshop.saharact.lan") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262489AbTEVFY6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 May 2003 01:24:58 -0400 Subject: Re: Strange terminal problem with 2.5.6[8-9] From: Martin Schlemmer To: Matthew Harrell Cc: Kernel List In-Reply-To: <20030522013601.GA1327@bittwiddlers.com> References: <20030511004349.GA1366@bittwiddlers.com> <20030522013601.GA1327@bittwiddlers.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1053581519.6507.22.camel@workshop.saharact.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.3- Date: 22 May 2003 07:31:59 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1466 Lines: 41 On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 03:36, Matthew Harrell wrote: > : > : The last working kernel I had under my X windows system was 2.5.67-bk7. After > : that point every 2.5.6[8-9] and bk patch has had one major problem on my > : laptop - when I bring up a gnome-terminal or xterm the console prompt never > : shows up. The terminals just hang with a blinking cursor but I never get > : a prompt. If I reboot with the same setup into my 2.5.67 or any previous > : kernel then everything works fine. > : > : This is a Debian Sid system running gnome2. Any ideas? > : > > This problem still exists with all current bk patches for 2.5.69. I'm not > even sure where to look for the problem. Since nobody else has reported a > problem I'm going to boot back to an older, working kernel and assume the > problem as something to do with the configuration I'm using (attached below). > If anyone has any ideas just let me know and I'll give them a try 2.5.68 and later have depreciated devpts support in devfs. Thus you have to enable: CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y and mount it during boot. Easy way is just to add to fstab: ------------------ none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 ------------------ Regards, -- Martin Schlemmer - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/