switching to kernel 2.6 - diald error: "No pty found ..."

["Daniel B." <REMOVEdanielTHIS@fgm.com>]

In trying to switch to kernel 2.6(.8) and udev on Sarge, I'm
encountering a problem with diald.  It says:

  No pty in range pty[p-s][0-9a0-f]

and then fails (saying "Diald is dying with code 1").

Any ideas (what to do to make such device nodes available, or maybe
how to reconfigure diald to use whatever those device nodes turned
into)?


Is Sarge's diald supposed to work with kernel 2.6.8 and udev?

Thanks,
Daniel