Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 May 2009 14:24:29 -0700 | From | Sukadev Bhattiprolu <> | Subject | Re: [v3][PATCH 5/5] Merge code for single and multiple-instance mounts |
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Eric Paris [eparis@parisplace.org] wrote: | On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Sukadev Bhattiprolu | <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: | > | > From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | > Subject: [v3][PATCH 5/5] Merge code for single and multiple-instance mounts | | I just tried to load the linux-next kernel on F11 and ran into a | problem. X started, I could log in, I could start programs like | firefox and evolution, but not gnome-terminal. It would just flash | and disappear. Running xterm resulted in a window, that I could type | in, but it wasn't a shell. It didn't do anything. | | I switched to vt2 set the display to my X session and tried to run | xterm. It said something about a permission being denied, so I | decided to strace it. I saw EACCESS returning from calls dealing with | /dev/pts/0. This lead me to git bisect start fs/devpts from the | latest in linux-next as bad and 2.6.29 as good. Couple interations | later and I find that this commit (1bd7903560f1f7) breaks | gnome-terminal xterm!
Interesting :-) -EACCESS makes me suspect that maybe 'mode' 'uid' or 'gid' mount options are wrong. Of course we would still need to understand if/ why this patch changes the settings.
Can you paste the output of following commands: (both in success and failure cases).
$ grep devpts /proc/mounts
$ ls -al /dev/pts
$ stat /dev/ptmx
Also, is CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES set in your .config ?
With this patch, does gnome-terminal run when logged in as root ?
Thanks,
Sukadev
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