Collins M. Ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on 9 April 1999 11:18: >Then again maybe you could read the docs. You have two choices...
I tried... >a) rm -f /dev/ptmx Ah, I hadn't noticed this in /dev... >b) make sure your kernel (2.2.x) is compiled with devpts support > and mount /dev/pts/ (read the kernel docs) It has. Then I tried mount -t devpts, but ssh continues to say "couldn't allocate a pseudo-terminal". Strangely, it only happens with rwin-dows clients, and one AIX one. It doesn't happen with linux. >This stems from the fact that glibc 2.1 enables use of Unix98 pty's and if >/dev/ptmx is present then glibc expects /dev/pts/ to be mounted. It seems also that the applications must have support for this, no? What was /dev/ttyp2 becomes /dev/pts/2, etc. So if the application doesn't support it, booom... As I said, even after doing "mount -t devpts" things didn't change. The problem happens only with ssh, not with telnet. I recompiled ssh with the new library. Also, after the mount "ls -l /dev/pts" says it doesn't exist! Furthermore, I think that the library shouldn't break apps if the unix98 API isn't being used. Must I remove /dev/ptmx for this to happen?
