Re: Read this if you have PTY problems in 2.1.115

Zlatko Calusic (Zlatko.Calusic@CARNet.hr)
09 Aug 1998 04:18:24 +0200


Wojtek Slusarczyk <wojtek@SHADOW.EU.ORG> writes:

> On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> > - rm -f /dev/ptmx
> > mknod /dev/ptmx c 5 2
> > chmod 666 /dev/ptmx
> > mkdir /dev/pts
> > mount /dev/pts
> >
> > If you are *still* having problems, please let me know... there still
> > may be a bug lurking in there, but the statement that BSD PTYs don't
> > work in 2.1.115 is not correct.
>
> Okay, look:
> % mount /dev/pts
>
> devpts: called with bogus options
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on none,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
> % grep pts /etc/fstab
> none /dev/pts devpts guid=5,mode=620 0 0
^^^^

Typo. Should be gid.

Regards,

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Posted by Zlatko Calusic           E-mail: <Zlatko.Calusic@CARNet.hr>
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