Bug#420185: linux-image-2.6.20-1-686: pseudo terminals not created properly - neither is /dev/ttyzf
Package: linux-image-2.6.20-1-686
Version: 2.6.20-2
Severity: important
I have an Intel DG965SS motherboard. For some time I have had to run
a hand compiled version of the linux kernel (2.6.19) because updates
to Sid were held back until Etch was released. This was because it
was necessary for the AGPGART id to be recognised. I used the 2.6.18
debian config for this build.
Now that 2.6.20 has come out, I have attempted to switch back to the
standard debian kernel but if I load up that, two things appear to
happen
bootlogd fails with failure with a problem with /dev/ttyzf, and
I whenever I try and run anything that requires a psuedo tty it
fails (so for instance I cannot ssh into the machine, nor can I run
terminals under X).
/dev/ptmx exists and has the correct permissions.
Rebooting back to 2.6.19 (as I am running now) without any other
changes fixes the problem
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.19 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.20-1-686 depends on:
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.87b tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.20-1-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.5-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.20-1-686: false
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.20-1-686: true
* linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.20-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.20-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.20-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.20-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.20-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.20-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.20-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.20-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.20-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.20-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.20-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.20-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.20-1-686: false
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.20-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.20-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.20-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.20-1-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.20-1-686:
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