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Re: problems after upgrading



You may also want to check /etc/fstab and make sure /dev/pts is listed
as a mount point for type=devpts.  It is still commented out after the
(broken) 2.2.5 install I did the other day, and I don't have
/etc/init.d/devpts.sh.

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On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Eric G . Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 09:16:38AM -0800, Clyde Wilson wrote:
<...>
> Okay, you upgraded to potato, yes? And you have a kernel with UNIX 98
> ptys? dpkg reports:
> 
> [felix@~] dpkg -S devpts.sh
> libc6: /etc/init.d/devpts.sh
> 
> So, I can't address why you don't have it.  First, check that you have
> /dev/pts/, /dev/ptmx/, /dev/pty* . If yes, try doing something like:
> 
> $ mount -t devpts -o gid=5,mode=620 /dev/pts none
> 
> If that doesn't work, but you have a kernel with UNIX98 ptys, try
> 
> $ cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV -n update | less
> 
> this will tell you what devices MAKEDEV would create/recreate based on
> what it finds in /proc.  You may need to run this to update your
> devices (probably a good idea anyway).
> 
> Hope this gets you a little farther along.


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