Kernel 2.6 eterm xterm don't work

b0rcked · 03-14-2004, 07:04 PM

I just cooked myself a new 2.6.3 kernel and everything works great with one exception: xterm and eterm do not open up anymore...and I can't figure out why...

Basically what happens is that when I click to open eterm, it opens up breifly and imediately closes by itself. The xterm window opens, but the shell never loads and continues to be completely blank.

When i load up 2.4.x kernel version everything works fine.

Thanks much.

b0rcked · 03-15-2004, 04:30 PM

Someone please help!!!
Life without a comand line is impossible!!

thanks much.

RichardK · 03-22-2004, 11:28 AM

Um... it has something to do with the fact that xterm (and most other X-terminals) use the /dev/pty nodes in the /dev directory. I have to same problem but i can't seem to enable /dev/pty on kernel 2.6. I do however have some other characters devices such as /dev/ptya0 but I dont' think the x terminals use those.

Anyone help?

b0rcked · 04-03-2004, 02:11 AM

can anyone please help us out?

llamakc · 04-03-2004, 12:43 PM

Code:

devpts          /dev/pts        devpts          defaults                0 0

I have that in my /etc/fstab with kernel 2.6.4.

do you have this in your kernel .config?

Code:

[ken:linux](01:42 PM)$ cat .config | grep PTY
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS=y
CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT=256

RichardK · 04-03-2004, 06:49 PM

Ah yes...

Actually I solve the problem quite a while ago but forgot about this thread.

I read somewhere that kernel 2.5x and 2.6 no longer mount /dev/pts when they mount /dev at boot time, so you have to manually mount it. Editing your /etc/fstab file to automatically mount at boot time is the easiest way to do it.

(Read above post by llamakc to know what line to add).