From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 5 01:50:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA26027 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 01:50:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tyree.iii.co.uk (tyree.iii.co.uk [193.117.77.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA25989 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 01:49:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (carrig.strand.iii.co.uk [192.168.7.25]) by tyree.iii.co.uk (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id JAA16381; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 09:46:04 +0100 (BST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA18836; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 09:51:28 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <19970905095128.15125@strand.iii.co.uk> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 09:51:28 +0100 From: nik@iii.co.uk To: Piotr Kielanowski Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: xterm: Inappropriate ioctl for device References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.76e In-Reply-To: ; from Piotr Kielanowski on Thu, Sep 04, 1997 at 05:29:49PM -0500 Organization: interactive investor Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Sep 04, 1997 at 05:29:49PM -0500, Piotr Kielanowski wrote: > Every time I open an xterm window or telnet to my FreeBSD 2.2.2 PC I get > the message > > Must be on a virtual console: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > Otherwise everything seems to works. I was not getting this message with > an earlier version. Can you help? Have you compiled a new kernel and removed the "options COMPAT_43" line? I believe (although it's been a while since I last looked) that xterm needs that line in the kernel config file. If that is the case, simply add the line and build yourself a new kernel. N -- --+==[ Nik Clayton is Just Another Perl Hacker at Interactive Investor ]==+-- Diana, the roadkill formally known as Princess, 1961-1997 NC5-RIPE