Re: Whats happened to my psuedo ttys
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Alan Chandler wrote:
> Joe Hart writes:
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>> Alan Chandler wrote:
>>> On Monday 16 April 2007 22:29, Alan Chandler wrote:
>>>> I've just upgraded my Debian Sid system, and now when I try and start
>>>> konsole (in KDE) it fails saying it is unable to open a PTY.
>>>> Is this a udev problem or something else?
>>>
>>> I presume by the deafening silence that this isn't a problem that is
>>> hitting everyone else out there.
>>> Can someone at least tell me which init script is supposed to set up
>>> the psuedo ttys so I can try and figure out why it isn't happening.
>>
>> I would bet that your video driver is causing this. Did you recently
>> install ati's fglrx?
>
> No I am using the intel i810 driver - but have been for some time
>> The ttys, are started in the init script
>
> Which one? I am not actually sure which /dev devices they are. Another
> machine of mine has /dev/ptyx (where x is 0-f) but the effected machine
> has none of these. Are these the ptys that would be used?
the file /etc/inittab is where they are generated.
> There is also /dev/ttyx (where x is 0-63)
>> and
>> should be available from boot. But sometimes X will trap the keyboard
>> so you can't get to them.
>> I would start by not booting into X and see if it works, then you can
>> better isolate what is causing your problem. I am still betting it is
>> fglrx.
>
> I am not sure how I can get it to work without X as Konsole, is
> dependant on X. I can Ctl-Alt Fn to get to different consoles with X
> running - but there is also a bug in the i810 driver that if I go to a
> text console and then try and go back to the graphics screen the whole
> machine locks solid.
It still sounds to me like your video driver and X that is causing your
problem. I don't think it is the ttys. I don't have access to an 810,
so I can't test anything, perhaps someone else can shed some light on
this for you.
> I am pretty sure the X problem isn't the issue - as I implied above, I
> don't have the /dev devices - and I have only found that out by not
> having x running.
hmm, getting beyond my scope here. I'm afraid I am still a noob.
Joe
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