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Date:      Sun, 14 Jul 1996 17:32:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Matthew Stein <matt@bdd.net>
To:        Michael Robinson <robinson@public.bta.net.cn>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xterm won't load
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960714172838.29027B-100000@bdd.net>
In-Reply-To: <199607141958.DAA02769@public.bta.net.cn>

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On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Michael Robinson wrote:

> will start up, and run xclock, but any attempt to load an xterm results in
> this error message:
> 
> 	xterm: Error 23, errno 25: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Check your kernel config.  For xterms, you need to have ...

options         "COMPAT_43"

...in there, as the xterm code still requires it.  It's a compatibility
with BSD 4.3 tag, and should solve your problem.  Let me know if it
helped!

--
mat.

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