On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 01:47:24PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > > Will anything break if I dont have /dev/pts support compiled into my > > kernel? > > If you have devfs enabled? No, I think devfs subsumes devpts > filesystem support. But if you don't use devfs, you probably do want > /dev/pts support (and make sure your /etc/fstab file mounts a devpts > "filesystem" on /dev/pts); otherwise, things like xterm and sshd > probably won't work. I think libc is supposed to handle the lack of /dev/pts/ transparently and fall back on to the /dev/ttyp* entries. I haven't ever actually *tried* this, mind you, but I do believe things can be expected to work. noah -- _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
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