On Thursday 07 August 2003 12:48 pm, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote:
> Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I'm running 2.6.0_beta2 kernel.  In enlightenment I can open Xterms
> > but not Eterms.  If I type Eterm in Xterm I get the following error
> > message.
>
> Well.  Yet again I am in that perplexed frame of mind where my problem
> has been solved by the most unlikely of actions.  I re-emerged X and
> eterm and now I have a terminal.  What difference could the re-emerges
> possibly have made towards the kernel?  And why can't getting a terminal
> be as simple as compiling and booting off a kernel rather than making a
> series of four or five changes?  I guess I'll let 2.6 stabilise before I
> reanalyse the situation.
>
> I'll stop whilst I can in this reflective mood.
>
> Thanks for your help Jason.
>
> With regards.
> Dhruba Bandopadhyay.

You forgot to enable PTY and other terminal support.  Unfortunately, the 2.6 
default configs do not have these features enabled by default, IIRC.

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