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Re: xetool: no available ptys
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KELEMEN Peter <[log in to unmask]>
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KELEMEN Peter <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:08:11 +0200
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* Pann Mccuaig ([log in to unmask]) [20070615 14:26]:

> $ xe .bashrc
> xetool: no available ptys

xetool is looking for legacy BSD pseudo terminals.

> /etc/fstab
> ----------
> none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0

These are UNIX98 terminals.

> $ ls /dev/pty*
> ls: /dev/pty*: No such file or directory

> [...] xe is obviously trying to find /dev/pty* and there ain't
> none. It doesn't know how to use /dev/ptmx. [...]

Indeed.  You're out of luck because legacy BSD terminals are not
supported by RHEL4 without recompiling the kernel (make sure you
have CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS set).

HTH,
Peter

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