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Re: xterm won't run: get_pty: not enough ptys on Sarge



On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 10:17:05PM -0400, Adam Kessel wrote:
> I just did a fresh install with the nightly Sarge business-card ISO
> (which I assume is identical or almost identical with Beta-4 released
> today).  Everything went fine, including all the X autodetection stuff,
> which was created.
> 
> I can't start xterm, however.
> 
> If I try to run 'xterm', nothing comes up.
> 
> If I run gnome-terminal or konsole, the terminal window pops up, but no
> prompt.
> 
> If I go to one of the consoles and run xterm, I see:
> 
> get_pty: not enough ptys 

Upgrade makedev?

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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