Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

[Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com>]

Wayne Topa wrote:
> Paul Scott(waterhorse@ultrasw.com) is reported to have said:
>   
> > Laptop with AMD K6 running Debian sid
> >
> > xterm works w/ stock 2.6.17-2-486
> >
> > with stock 2.6.22-1-486 attempting to start xterm gives:
> >
> > xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory
> > Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys
> >
> > I have upgraded almost anything that needed it that would have come after 
> > the 2.6.17-2-486 kernels.  Any of that upgrading may have caused the xterm 
> > problem.
> >
> > TIA for any more ideas.
> >
> >     
> Paul
>
> What do you get from
>
> grep -i pty /boot/config-$(uname -r)
>   
So have I been missing the main point?  Is the recent change in 
CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS the problem?  I thought xterm's were working for 
others so I didn't go far enough with that investigation.

Paul