from the installation guide, section: 15.Installing the kernel and a System Logger: [*] /dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL) [*] Automatically mount at boot (Required for Gentoo Linux.) [ ] /dev/pts file system for Unix98 PTYs (Uncheck this, it is NOT needed.) this is not true for kernels 2.5.68 (and probably above), as ptyfs stuff has been removed from devfs, and has to be compiled in and mounted just as usual (i.e. without devfs). the correct /etc/fstab entry is thusly: devpts
from the installation guide, section: 15.Installing the kernel and a System Logger: [*] /dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL) [*] Automatically mount at boot (Required for Gentoo Linux.) [ ] /dev/pts file system for Unix98 PTYs (Uncheck this, it is NOT needed.) this is not true for kernels 2.5.68 (and probably above), as ptyfs stuff has been removed from devfs, and has to be compiled in and mounted just as usual (i.e. without devfs). the correct /etc/fstab entry is thusly: devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge development-sources or mm-sources >= 2.5.68 2. do not configure ptfs 3. try to start screen or xterm (or equivalent) 4. see the "not enough ptys" message Actual Results: apps which want a pty won't start, this includes telnet (server-side), xterm and other terminals, screen and probaly others. Expected Results: n/a this may apply to other installation guides too, i have not checked.
*** Bug 19839 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 19840 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 19841 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
sorry for the dupes. i got several "server closed connection" errors.
2.5 kernelsources are *development* kernelsources. Strange behaviour or "other" behaviour compared to 2.4 is to be expected. If you use 2.5 kernelsources, you should know what you are doing.
