tag 229566 + help thanks On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 09:09:13PM +0100, Stefan Foerster wrote: > * Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> wrote: > >> helena:~$ xterm > >> xterm: fatal pty error 23 (errno=22) on tty /dev/pts/3 > > > > Hmm. Is the devpts pseudo-filesystem mounted? > > Yes, it is: > > | helena:~$ mount | grep devpts > | devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) > > A common workaround seems to be a > > | XTerm*eightBitInput: true > | *VT100*eightBitInput: true > > somwehre in ~/.Xresources. Unfortunately, this breaks an application I > have to work with for my company. Hmm. I am not sure why setting eightBitInput would rectify an EINVAL error attempting to open a device in /dev/pts. I am tagging this bug "help", as I could use some help from a terminal emulator guru. /me whispers Thomas Dickey's name -- G. Branden Robinson | Somebody once asked me if I thought Debian GNU/Linux | sex was dirty. I said, "It is if branden@debian.org | you're doing it right." http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Woody Allen
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