Terminals(any) not working in Arch 2010; help needed

linus72 · 05-27-2010, 08:46 AM

OK
I installed Arch 2010 from netinstall
setup my fluxbox desktop, etc

This morning I booted up, didnt upgrade anything
and for some reason None of the terminals (lxterminal, xterm,etc)
are not woorking...?!

The terminals open, but the cursor stays stuck and I can't input anything
Can anyone figure this out or has anyone had similar issue in any distro?

thanks

berbae · 05-27-2010, 03:53 PM

It seems that the Xorg server has not set input devices.
If you have xorg-server 1.7.6-3 installed (not the 1.8.1 from Testing), you need to install the hal 0.5.14-2 and xf86-input-evdev 2.3.2-1 packages and to add hal in the DAEMONS line in /etc/rc.conf file .
Look into /var/log/Xorg.0.log for possible problems with the X server.
And read and apply the documentations in the Arch web site.

Have a good "travel in the Arch world" !

linus72 · 06-03-2010, 05:05 PM

Thanks berbae

heres my /etc/rc.conf

Code:

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="America/New_York"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(snd-usb-audio !floppy !fd0 !net-pf-10 !snd_pcsp !pcspkr loop)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="nflux"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#

#Static IP example
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
#eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
 
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(hal syslog-ng !network !dhcdbd !networkmanager @wicd @alsa)

The only "error messages I can get is when attempting to start Eterm

Code:

Grantpt(4) cant open no such file or directory
psuedo-tty cant open no such file or directory

I have hal and xf86 everything installed...

When opening Eterm it says
"...hit any key to exit"

This is bad and I need help
Thanks

posixculprit · 06-03-2010, 05:16 PM

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...ut_hotplugging

linus72 · 06-03-2010, 05:18 PM

OK
this is the only thing similar I have found at Arch forums

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=92131

Quote:

when i opened a terminal ( lxterminal or xfce terminal )
instead of getting the usual
23:32 fplolz ~ $
i dont get any verbose out put at all
i get a blank terminal

posixculprit
Can you expand on that a little?

posixculprit · 06-03-2010, 05:36 PM

I believe I misunderstood your problem, ignore my previous post. Have you meddled with the bash start-up files? Perhaps created some symlinks here and there? What happens if you open a terminal and hold down CTRL+C?

linus72 · 06-07-2010, 08:28 PM

Well well

so I installed my nflux arch edition from liveusb to my lappy and now it has this same issue
when I startx and try to open terminal (any), I see this error after logging out of X
specifically

Code:

Eterm: Error: grantpt(4) failed: no such file or directory
Eterm: Error: Can't open pseudo-tty -- No such file or directory
Eterm: Error: Unable to run subcommand

so, how do I fix this??

linus72 · 06-08-2010, 08:20 AM

Ah...
it's somehow related to /etc/fstab and /dev/pts

Reading the arch wiki about fstab it says as an example fstab

Code:

# <file system>        <dir>        <type>        <options>                 <dump>    <pass>
none                   /dev/pts     devpts        defaults                       0         0
none                   /dev/shm     tmpfs         defaults                       0         0
#/dev/cdrom            /media/cdrom   auto        ro,user,noauto,unhide          0         0
#/dev/dvd              /media/dvd     auto        ro,user,noauto,unhide          0         0
#/dev/fd0              /media/fl      auto        user,noauto                    0         0

However, if I set /dev/pts, etc as above my processor stays stuck at 100%

If I have this

Code:

/dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda8 / ext3 defaults 1 1
#/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0
#/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0

so, is this the issue?

I saw an eroor about not enough pts'
I dont know what its supposed to look like?

anybody post their /etc/fstab?
thanks

reed9 · 06-08-2010, 02:46 PM

The default lines I have there are

Code:

# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
devpts                 /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
shm                    /dev/shm      tmpfs     nodev,nosuid        0      0