[svlug] Konsole is unable to open a PTY (pseudo teletype).

[Warren Turkal]

Can you show the output of "mount"?

wt

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Debian Intermediate <jj1234ff at lycos.com> wrote:
> I forgot, the lines below should have read:
> root#/dev> /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh start
>
> I am just retyping what I typed in ctrl-alt-F1 mode
> since xterm and console can't open a pseudo teletype
> in x-windows. No way to cut and paste from
> ctrl-alt-F1 mode bash shell to x-windows browser.
> Script won't work either since there
> is not pseudo tty.
>
>
>
> ---------[ Received Mail Content ]----------
> > Subject : Re: [svlug] Konsole is unable to open a PTY (pseudo teletype).
> >
> >No luck on running it:
> >root#/dev> /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh
> >Files under mount point '/dev/shm' will be hidden.
> >root#/dev> /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh
> >root#/dev> ls -l p*
> >crw-r----- 1 root root 1, 4 2008-03-03 07:04 port
> >crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 1 2008-03-03 07:04 psaux
> >crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 5, 2 2008-03-03 07:04 ptmx
> >
> >???
> >
> >---------[ Received Mail Content ]----------
> >> Subject : Re: [svlug] Konsole is unable to open a PTY (pseudo teletype).
> >>
> >>
> >>Yes, "initscripts" package is there. Just reinstalled it to make sure.
> >>
> >>I read the comments in:
> >>/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh
> >>and it says it should be called during boot.
> >>
> >>Yes this is debian stable and should be up to date.
> >>Computer running a standard Debian kernel
> >>(amd-2.6-22-amd64 SMP . Really miss the konsole and
> >>being able to cut and paste into an email window.)
> >>
> >>I'll poke around with search engine , but not much there:
> >>http://groups.google.com/groups?num=50&q=/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh+pts&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wg
> >>
> >>Wonder why it is not running this automatically.
> >>I'll run it manually and see what happens.
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >>You are the only person to reply so far.
> >>j
> >>
> >>---------[ Received Mail Content ]----------
> >>> Subject : Re: [svlug] Konsole is unable to open a PTY (pseudo teletype).
> >>> Date : Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:48:41 -0800
> >>> From : "Warren Turkal"
> >>> To : "Debian Intermediate"
> >>> Cc : svlug at lists.svlug.org
> >>>
> >>>I am assuming that you are running Debian.
> >>>
> >>>Do you have the "initscripts" package installed? It contains
> >>>/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh, which should mount the pts FS for you at
> >>>/dev/pts among other FSes.
> >>>
> >>>Also, are you running a Debian kernel or your own kernel?
> >>>
> >>>wt
> >>>
> >>>On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Debian Intermediate wrote:
> >>>> I can't get an xterm or konsole.
> >>>> I get error message:
> >>>> "Konsole is unable to open a PTY (pseudo teletype).
> >>>> It is likely that this is due to an incorrect configuration of the PTY
> >>>> devices.
> >>>> Konsole needs to have read/write access to the PTY devices."
> >>>>
> >>>> I can get to single user by ctrl-alt F1 keystroke.
> >>>> I see that /dev/pts is missing after upgrade.
> >>>>
> >>>> Funny thing is that X windows works and can run a browser.
> >>>>
> >>>> Some suggestion was to add a line to /etc/fstab:
> >>>> /dev/pts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
> >>>> But it it made no difference.
> >>>> Created a directory /dev/pts , but it goes away after reboot.
> >>>> Must be created every time you boot??
> >>>>
> >>>> Gave up and removed the line from /etc/fstab.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tried:
> >>>> cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV -v pty
> >>>>
> >>>> Checked and the /etc/passwd file looks ok
> >>>> since it was suggested on the net.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can run X, and browsers from the icons on task bar.
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
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