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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 01:57:34 +0100 (CET)
From: Igmar Palsenberg <maillist@chello.nl>
To: Paul Powell <moloch16@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: xterm: no available ptys
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On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Paul Powell wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have created a trimmed down /dev directory to be
> used with my custom bootable Linux CD.  I've run into
> a problem where I can't start an xterm.  I get the
> error...
> 
> xterm:  no available ptys
> 
> I'm not sure which device I'm missing in /dev.  I'm no
> expert on how the tty's and stuff work so feel free to
> fill me in. Everything else seems to work fine on the
> CD.
> 
> Here is what my /dev directory looks like now:
> 
> /dev:
> console
> cua0
> cua1
> cua2
> cua3
> fb
> fb0
> fb1
> fb2
> fb3
> fb4
> fb5
> fb6
> fb7
> fd0
> fd1
> hda
> hdb
> hdc
> hdd
> kmem
> listing
> mem
> mouse
> null
> psaux
> pts
>  |...0

I'm missing ptmx. You NEED a writable /dev/pts dir.



	Igmar

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