Re: new i386 chroot
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 10:22:51PM -0700, Alan Ianson wrote:
> Hello List!
>
> I have just installed an /i386 chroot following instructions I found on this
> list and I have a couple questions.
>
> 1) The chroot is going to use sound and xfree86 that is already up and
> running, so I don't need to install any of that, right?
X should work, although you may need /tmp and your home dirs bind
mounted in the chroot for things to work properly.
> 2) I have installed midnight commander in the chroot. When I run mc I can't
> use the mouse to select anything. I can move the pointer around but I just
> can't select anything. After quiting mc I see an error on the screen: Cannot
> open master side of pty: no such file or directory (2). Is there anyway to
> get the mouse to work with mc in the chroot?
Probably need /dev bind mounted for the mouse/gpm stuff to work. Not
sure actually.
Len Sorensen
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