Bug 59804 – Eterm-0.9.2 can't start when launched as a user

• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Lisa Seelye (RETIRED) 2004-08-08 14:11:14 UTC]

lisa@lisa ~ $ Eterm
Eterm:  Error:  Can't open pseudo-tty -- No such file or directory
Eterm:  Error:  Unable to run sub-command.

lisa@lisa ~ $ Eterm --version
Eterm 0.9.2
Copyright (c) 1997-2002, Michael Jennings ([e-mail])

Build info:
    Built on Sat Aug  7 23:38:06 Local time zone must be set--see zic manual pag e 2004
    actions.c 1.25 2002/06/03 00:24:21 mej
    buttons.c 1.39 2002/10/23 03:03:26 mej
    command.c 1.91 2002/10/25 03:57:17 mej
    draw.c 1.13 2002/06/08 15:44:06 mej
    e.c 1.23 2002/06/08 15:44:06 mej
    events.c 1.56 2002/10/13 05:03:46 mej
    font.c 1.37 2002/10/08 02:18:08 mej
    grkelot.c 1.6 2002/06/08 15:44:06 mej
    main.c 1.10 2002/05/04 14:25:27 mej
    menus.c 1.60 2002/10/13 05:03:46 mej
    misc.c 1.22 2002/06/08 16:50:38 mej
    netdisp.c 1.7 2002/06/08 15:44:07 mej
    options.c 1.119 2002/10/30 04:44:36 mej
    pixmap.c 1.90 2002/10/13 05:28:36 mej
    screen.c 1.69 2002/10/08 02:18:08 mej
    scrollbar.c 1.42 2002/07/14 04:55:26 mej
    startup.c 1.36 2002/10/08 02:18:09 mej
    system.c 1.17 2002/06/08 15:44:07 mej
    term.c 1.85 2002/10/23 03:03:26 mej
    timer.c 1.12 2002/06/08 16:50:38 mej
    utmp.c 1.16 2002/06/08 15:44:07 mej
    windows.c 1.59 2002/10/23 03:03:27 mej

Debugging configuration:  DEBUG=4 +DEBUG_SCREEN +DEBUG_CMD +DEBUG_TTY +DEBUG_SEL ECTION +DEBUG_UTMP +DEBUG_OPTIONS +DEBUG_IMLIB +DEBUG_PIXMAP +DEBUG_EVENTS +DEBU G_X11 +DEBUG_SCROLLBAR +DEBUG_MENU +DEBUG_TTYMODE +DEBUG_COLORS

Compile-time toggles:  -PROFILE -PROFILE_SCREEN -PROFILE_X_EVENTS -COUNT_X_EVENT S +OPTIMIZE_HACKS +PIXMAP_SUPPORT +PIXMAP_OFFSET +BACKGROUND_CYCLING_SUPPORT +US E_EFFECTS -NO_CURSORCOLOR -NO_BRIGHTCOLOR -NO_BOLDUNDERLINE -NO_BOLDOVERSTRIKE - NO_BOLDFONT -NO_SECONDARY_SCREEN -FORCE_CLEAR_CHARS -PREFER_24BIT -OFFIX_DND +BO RDER_WIDTH_OPTION -NO_DELETE_KEY -FORCE_BACKSPACE -FORCE_DELETE +HOTKEY_CTRL -HO TKEY_META -LINUX_KEYS +KEYSYM_ATTRIBUTE +XIM -UNSHIFTED_SCROLLKEYS -NO_SCROLLBAR _REPORT +CUTCHAR_OPTION -MOUSE_REPORT_DOUBLECLICK +XTERM_SCROLLBAR +MOTIF_SCROLL BAR +NEXT_SCROLLBAR +SCROLLBAR_BUTTON_CONTINUAL_SCROLLING +META8_OPTION -GREEK_S UPPORT +MULTI_CHARSET -DISPLAY_IS_IP -ENABLE_DISPLAY_ANSWER -NO_VT100_ANS +XTERM _COLOR_CHANGE -DEFINE_XTERM_COLOR -NO_MAPALERT +MAPALERT_OPTION +UTMP_SUPPORT +H AVE_SAVED_UIDS -ALLOW_BACKQUOTE_EXEC -WARN_OLDER +ESCREEN

Compile-time definitions:
 PATH_ENV="ETERMPATH"
 REFRESH_PERIOD=5
 PRINTPIPE="lp"
 KS_DELETE="^[[3~"
 SAVELINES=256
 CUTCHARS=""&'()*,;<=>?@[\]^`{|} ^I"
 MULTICLICK_TIME=500
 SCROLLBAR_DEFAULT_TYPE=1
 SB_WIDTH=10
 SCROLLBAR_INITIAL_DELAY=40
 SCROLLBAR_CONTINUOUS_DELAY=2
 ESCZ_ANSWER="^[[?1;2c"
 PTY_GRP_NAME="tty"
 CONFIG_SEARCH_PATH="~/.Eterm/themes:~/.Eterm:/etc/Eterm/themes:/etc/Eterm/theme s:/usr/share/Eterm/themes:/etc/Eterm:/etc/Eterm:/usr/share/Eterm"
 THEME_CFG="theme.cfg"
 USER_CFG="user.cfg"

Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040619-r1, 2.6.7-gentoo-r12)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.7-gentoo-r12 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.5.2
distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled]
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -Os -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -Os -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache cvs digest distcc sandbox userpriv"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.acm.cs.rpi.edu/gentoo/"
MAKEOPTS="-j8"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://www.thedoh.com/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow X acpi aim alsa audiofile avi bcmath berkdb bidi bonobo bzlib calendar canna cdb cdr cjk crypt csope ctype curl dio divx4linux dvd dvdr encode esd ethereal evo exif fam flac flash foomaticdb freetds freewnn ftp gb gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 icq imagemagick imlib innodb jpeg ladcca lcms ldap lesstif libg++ libwww mad maildir mbox mcal mikmod mime ming mmx mng motif mpeg mpi msn mysql ncurses nptl offensive oggvorbis opengl oscar oss pam pcre pdflib perl png pnp python qt quicktime readline samba sasl sdl simplexml slang snmp soap spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tidy tiff truetype unicode usb x86 xine xml xml2 xmlrpc xmms xsl xv xvid yahoo zlib"

[Comment 1 Lisa Seelye (RETIRED) 2004-08-09 09:32:06 UTC]

Resolving WORKSFORME

Solution: emerge x11-terms/eterm again

crazy...