Help,my teminal in Xwindow does not work

jeanscn · 11-30-2003, 08:39 AM

After I making a new kernel, the virtual teminal does't work properly, I can open the window,but can't input anything, why???Thanks

gernt · 11-30-2003, 12:01 PM

That is a symptom of RehHat 9 for ordinary users opening gnome-terminal, too (but not root). Does it work if you log in as root? I gave up and downloaded Eterm per advice I found elsewhere on the internet. Do you get a prompt? You don't in RH9.

jeanscn · 12-01-2003, 06:05 AM

Thanks! gernt. I am so cheerful that you gave me such useful information,yes,it works when I log in as root.Let's try to resolve this problem.

gernt · 12-01-2003, 07:34 AM

You mean I did something useful? I had joined this forum in an attempt to pay back for advice I found here, but I wasn't having much luck.

PS. I wasn't completely happy with Eterm, but I have the luxury of being able to log in as root. Everyone else logs in on a terminal emulator that doesn't have the problem. I never did try xterm or any of the others.

jeanscn · 12-01-2003, 07:11 PM

Hi, gernt, I have resolved this problem. You should config these settings when you config your kernel.
Device Drives-->Charactre Devices->Unix98 Pty support(this should be choosed to be compiled in the kernel)
FileSystems-->Pseudo->/dev/pts (this should be choosed to compiled in the kernel,too)

Have a try! In addition, I don't mean that, your information is so important to me, or I can't resolve this problem.Thank you!

gernt · 12-01-2003, 09:11 PM

I think you will help many people with this post as soon as it can be picked up by the search engines.

jeanscn · 12-02-2003, 10:58 PM

Thanks,I wish all of us in this forum can help each other.
Does that resolution work on your computer?

gernt · 12-03-2003, 12:15 PM

I don't know. I probably will not recompile my kernel as I have a working configuration. But most people who buy RedHat 9 will encounter this problem, and some will want to reconfigure.