Re: Release Plans (1999-05-10)

[Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>]

Brian Almeida wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 01:02:10PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> > Hmm... then why isn't it used on my system?  devpts is mounted, I
> > have /dev/ptmx, but /dev/pts is empty.

> Perhaps you aren't using anything that uses unix98 ptys?  Not everything
> uses them by default, you know. Sometimes patches are required.  Try ssh'ing to 
> localhost, or install Eterm, or grab some of the packages from 
> ftp.espy.org/pub/debian (I think that's the correct path).  In there is patched 
> packages for screen, telnet, etc to use Unix98 ptys.

Ah, I was using old xterms.  The new ones do use /dev/pts.  Thanks
for clearing up my confusion :)

Richard Braakman