Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 16:51:30 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: xterm broken on 2.1.5-RELEASE / XFree86 3.1.2S Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960806164637.19109G-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <199608061309.GAA17810@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> Hi there, > > I just upgraded my 2.0.5 system to 2.1.5. Everything works > wonderfully except for xterm which gives me a > > Error 23, errno 25. Inappropriate ioctl for device. > > It seems this is related to the pty that the xterm opens, since I can > start an xterm on a known file descriptor, for example. Emacs (which > I assume uses ptys for subprocesses and subshells) also works fine. > I've tried regenerating the pty devices with MAKEDEV, also to no avail. > > Help would be *much* appreciated. > > Cheers =8-} Mike > Did you build a custom kernel? If you did, then perhaps you removed 4.3BSD compatibilty - put it back, it is required for xterm. If you did not - I really don't know what's wrong. Sander
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