Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 7 Nov 2000 01:57:34 +0100 (CET) | From | Igmar Palsenberg <> | Subject | Re: xterm: no available ptys |
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On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Paul Powell wrote:
> Hello, > > I have created a trimmed down /dev directory to be > used with my custom bootable Linux CD. I've run into > a problem where I can't start an xterm. I get the > error... > > xterm: no available ptys > > I'm not sure which device I'm missing in /dev. I'm no > expert on how the tty's and stuff work so feel free to > fill me in. Everything else seems to work fine on the > CD. > > Here is what my /dev directory looks like now: > > /dev: > console > cua0 > cua1 > cua2 > cua3 > fb > fb0 > fb1 > fb2 > fb3 > fb4 > fb5 > fb6 > fb7 > fd0 > fd1 > hda > hdb > hdc > hdd > kmem > listing > mem > mouse > null > psaux > pts > |...0
I'm missing ptmx. You NEED a writable /dev/pts dir.
Igmar
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