"Davinder Pal Singh \(STEP\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello Friends,
> I am pretty new to Debian Linux. I have installed Debian 1.3.xx on a
> 100 Mhz Pentium PC.
> But I am unable to start openwindow. I have installed the olvwm
> *.deb package with the help of dpkg and xserver etc. before
> that. But somehow I am not able to start openwin. The message I get
> is
>
> xterm: no available ptys.
>
> My question is do I have to insatll ptys. If yes then where do fidnd
> the (which package). I will thankful if someone could help.
ptys are devices located in the /dev directory. The easiest way to
install them is to cd to /dev and run
./MAKEDEV ptys
Hopefully the error message will go away after this,
Torsten
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