Re: pseudo-tty problems w/2.1.115

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
8 Aug 1998 02:06:37 GMT

Followup to: <m0z4reM-00012oC@gherkin.sa.wlk.com>
By author: rct@gherkin.sa.wlk.com (Bob_Tracy)
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Everyone else too, I would suppose :-(. With the new-style pseudo-ttys
> NOT enabled in 2.1.115, the old-style (BSD) pseudo-ttys aren't available
> either. Visible symptoms found in the first 15 seconds after booting
> include non-functioning xterm and secure shell sessions.
>
> Somehow I don't think that was the intended result :-).
>

Are you using glibc 2.0.9x? If so you *HAVE* to remove /dev/ptmx if
you want to use BSD-style PTY's, otherwise it expects Unix98.

-hpa

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