Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Nov 2000 15:57:55 -0500 | From | Michael Meissner <> | Subject | Re: xterm: no available ptys |
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On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 12:37:38PM -0800, 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.
Did you mount /dev/pts, which is usually done with a line in /etc/fstab:
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=0622 0 0
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