Fedora Core 5: Konsole/XTerm claim there are no PTY's
I just installed Fedora Core 5. Everything seemed to be working fine; then after a reboot, I started to get error messages from Konsole and Xterm. Both say the same thing; that there are no PTY's for them to claim. I've tried reinstalling both, I've tried changing permissions, but the error remains. Even if I try to boot into just a console (not Gnome or KDE), I get the same error.
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Anyone? This is really going to suck if I have to keep having to switch using ALT+CTRL+F1 every time I want to do something related to the superuser...
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Okay, some facts...
Konsole's exact error is: Quote:
I went into /dev and noticed there are no pty entries anywhere (after reading that this may be a permission problem). What program could be preventing udev from generating the entries? |
I see this as well when I install udev. Currently I am searching for a solution, until then I keep udev uninstalled. It's not pretty and I don't like it but udev is over my head in terms of linux knowledge and what I'm finding out about it makes me think udev is a complex piece of machinery.
Post some more info if you found anything. BTW, udev also changes the permissions on /dev/null which stops users writing to it and causes a constant flow of error logging. |
In my case, the problem was I transferred over from Debian and kept my fstab file... but Fedora requires an entry in the fstab file for the PTY's...
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Bizarre coincidence then. I'm using debian and it's never had an entry in fstab for the PTYs. I'll check it out though.
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Actually, that's what I meant. Debian doesn't have an entry for /dev/pts, but Fedora does. So when I copied my Debian fstab over, it caused this error.
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hi,
ok, i am having the same problem in PCLinuxOS Quote:
i've been searching yahoo, google, and every linux forum i can find, but to no avail. actually, i am able to find only a very few references to this, and this thread is my best lead so far. does anyone know how I can fix this? and what IS a "PTY device" ? I would REALLY appreciate help on this matter :) Quote:
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Hi
A PTY device is the pseudo terminal. Try adding this line to your fstab file and reboot: Quote:
Hope this helps Bob |
^ thanx for your response.
unfortunately, it didn't help lol. :P but i did come across this: Quote:
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