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Bug 19661 - xterm/Eterms no longer work under development kernel due to no virtual terminals
Summary: xterm/Eterms no longer work under development kernel due to no virtual terminals
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: x86-kernel@gentoo.org (DEPRECATED)
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Reported: 2003-04-20 05:21 UTC by Simon Cooper
Modified: 2003-04-21 15:44 UTC (History)
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Description Simon Cooper 2003-04-20 05:21:58 UTC 
the virtual terminals (/dev/pts) are not automatically mounted under the
development kernel (2.5.68), meaning the *terms (xterm,Eterm) no longer work. To
finx this, put the following line in /etc/fstab:

devpts            /dev/pts      devpts   defaults      0 0

and do 'mount devpts' to get your pts's back.
Comment 1 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-04-20 17:34:55 UTC 
maybe just the missing automount option in kernel config ?
Comment 2 Simon Cooper 2003-04-20 17:42:32 UTC 
Checked that. It's a new 2.5.68 'feature', comfirmed on this thread:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=48830
Comment 3 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-04-21 15:44:49 UTC 
Yes, I know.  Already fixed it for 2.5.67 when the patches was posted ...
will be in next baselayout.