Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 07 Nov 2000 18:24:27 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: xterm: no available ptys |
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Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > > > > I'm missing ptmx. You NEED a writable /dev/pts dir. > > > > > > > Actually, what you need is the devpts filesystem mounted onto > > /dev/pts. > > Agree. I had a shitload of probs when 2.2.0 came out and I switched.. Was > due that /dev was readonly here. Bit strange if I think of it. >
If you don't have devpts mounted, glibc tries to use a setuid program to hack around /dev for you. I'd rather wish it didn't, actually.
-hpa
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