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Re: Can't login to RXVT in X-SOLVED



Rob Weir wrote:

[Please don't top quote!  It makes your message harder to read,
especially in long threads.]

On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 08:18:16AM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer said
I can log into the console with no problem.  The error message I get
appears when I try and open a terminal in X.  It appears as a seperate
pop-up.

Did you recently change your kernel?  rxvt/gnome-terminal require you to
have the "pts" file system mounted.  It's part of devfs in 2.4, but NOT
in 2.6.  Run "mount" and you should see output like this:

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)

or something about devfs if you're using devfs with 2.4.  If it's not
mounted, mount it.

I believe this was the issue. Not sure why kernel 2.4.18 quit working but I was setting up kernel 2.6.2
and did use compile PTS filesystem.  Once compiled, things work again.

Thanks,

Lance



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