-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alan Chandler wrote: > Joe Hart writes: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> Alan Chandler wrote: >>> On Monday 16 April 2007 22:29, Alan Chandler wrote: >>>> I've just upgraded my Debian Sid system, and now when I try and start >>>> konsole (in KDE) it fails saying it is unable to open a PTY. >>>> Is this a udev problem or something else? >>> >>> I presume by the deafening silence that this isn't a problem that is >>> hitting everyone else out there. >>> Can someone at least tell me which init script is supposed to set up >>> the psuedo ttys so I can try and figure out why it isn't happening. >> >> I would bet that your video driver is causing this. Did you recently >> install ati's fglrx? > > No I am using the intel i810 driver - but have been for some time >> The ttys, are started in the init script > > Which one? I am not actually sure which /dev devices they are. Another > machine of mine has /dev/ptyx (where x is 0-f) but the effected machine > has none of these. Are these the ptys that would be used?
the file /etc/inittab is where they are generated. > There is also /dev/ttyx (where x is 0-63) >> and >> should be available from boot. But sometimes X will trap the keyboard >> so you can't get to them. >> I would start by not booting into X and see if it works, then you can >> better isolate what is causing your problem. I am still betting it is >> fglrx. > > I am not sure how I can get it to work without X as Konsole, is > dependant on X. I can Ctl-Alt Fn to get to different consoles with X > running - but there is also a bug in the i810 driver that if I go to a > text console and then try and go back to the graphics screen the whole > machine locks solid. It still sounds to me like your video driver and X that is causing your problem. I don't think it is the ttys. I don't have access to an 810, so I can't test anything, perhaps someone else can shed some light on this for you. > I am pretty sure the X problem isn't the issue - as I implied above, I > don't have the /dev devices - and I have only found that out by not > having x running. hmm, getting beyond my scope here. I'm afraid I am still a noob. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGJLTZiXBCVWpc5J4RArKMAKCqnVXuggWQsNR5uQcqjIjAJ2fgXgCeNM0f OjHb9Cvs8+8dp5u82Bt2gos= =KyTJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
