On 16 Jan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 15 Jan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I just upgraded to hamm and am having a peculiar problem: when I am in >> X as a user and I su to root in an rxvt terminal window, I am no loger >> able to open any rxvt terminal as a user. I get an error saying that >> rxvt cannot connect to a pseudo tty. This does not happen with xterm >> and if I log out as root everything works fine again. >> >> What is causing this?? >> >> Thanks, >> Tim >> > > I had this same problem after I moved my system to a different hard > drive. The problem has to do with the /dev/pty* devices. > > Try "cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV" as root... this spat out a few error messages > for symlinked devices (/dev/cdrom, /dev/modem, /dev/mouse) but it fixed > the problems with rxvt.
thanks David - that fixed it (actually I did MAKEDEV pt*) c ya Tim -- # # # # # # # # # # ## # # # # # Debian GNU Linux # # # # # # # # # # # ## # # # # Power to the people... #### # # # ## # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: Tim Ferrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .