On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 07:37:41AM +0000, Phillip Deackes wrote: > Whenever I log on to my IP I get an error message about /dev/pts in > /var/log/messages: > > Jan 10 23:19:05 scgf pppd[283]: Couldn't open pty slave /dev/pts/0: No > such file or directory > Jan 10 23:19:05 scgf kernel: registered device ppp0 > Jan 10 23:19:05 scgf pppd[283]: pppd 2.3.10 started by gsmh, uid 1000 > Jan 10 23:19:05 scgf pppd[283]: Using interface ppp0 > Jan 10 23:19:05 scgf pppd[283]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1 > > Has anyone any idea what is wrong? I checked with DejaNews and can find > messages to show that it has something to do with the kernel itself. If > I do 'locate devpts' on my system, I get: A few things to check: do you have Unix98 PTYs support in your kernel? If you used one of the kernel-image debs, or make-kpkg, you can check /boot/config-2.2.xx to see if CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS is y or m. If so, check if it's mounted, most likely with a line like this in /etc/fstab: devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 You can check the output of "mount", /etc/mtab, or /proc/mounts to find out if it's currently mounted. Also, make sure that mountpoint exists. Just a few basic things to make sure of before getting into the complicated stuff ;) -- finger for GPG public key. 8 Jan 2000 - Old email addresses removed from key, new added
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