Re: can't open pseudo-tty (Solved)
I ended up cding to /dev and doing MAKEDEV pty and everything works fine
now.
~Sam
On 12 Apr 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
> Well, here are the permissions for /dev/ptyXX
>
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 176 Mar 8 19:39 /dev/ptya0
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> I don't think that it should be a path issue.
>
> marshal
>
> >>>>> "sam" == sam <hari@shellyeah.org> writes:
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> > As a matter of fact I have recently recompiled my kernel but
> > both Eterm and wterm work normally as root.
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> > ~Sam
>
> > On 12 Apr 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
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> >> >>>>> "sam" == sam <hari@shellyeah.org> writes:
> >>
> >> > I recently installed both wterm and eterm and I get the >
> >> following error when I try to run either of them:
> >>
> >> > resnet:~$ wterm wterm: can't open pseudo-tty wterm: aborting
> >>
> >> > resnet:~$ Eterm Eterm: Can't open pseudo-tty -- No such file
> >> or > directory Eterm: aborting
> >>
> >> > Both run normally as root. Is this a path issue? permissions
> >> > issue?
> >>
> >> On a hunch, check whether you have /dev/ptyXX. Have you
> >> recently recompiled your kernel? If so, did you make say yes
> >> to having UNIX ptys?
> >>
> >> Not sure if this will help...
> >>
> >> Marshal
> >>
> >> > ~Sam
> >>
> >>
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