Re: Xfree and glibc trouble after slink -> potato
On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 09:12:03PM -0500, Lee Malatesta wrote:
> 1. kdm won't start on boot. I get an error on the console:
> Checking for valid XFree86 configuration....Unable to check.
> Not starting X display manager.
>
> after loggin in, startx works just fine.
>
> 2. I can't start a terminal window in X. My WM of choice
> gives no error messages. xterm just doesn't start.
> If I try gnome-terminal, I get a mesage about not being
> able to log in with the admonishment: If you are using
> Linux 2.2.x with glibc 2.1.x this is probably due to
> incorrectly set up Unix 98 ttys.
I don't know if the two are related, but... If you upgraded to a 2.2.x
kernel (the default potato is 2.2.14), then there should be a script in
/etc/init.d called devpts.sh. It should ``mount'' /dev/pts and make sure
/dev/ptmx and /dev/pts exist. If you haven't rebooted, you can
probably just run this script and it'll fix the Unix 98 ptys issue.
I assume you upgraded all of your kde stuff at the same time?
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