Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: Strange terminal problem with 2.5.6[8-9] | From | Martin Schlemmer <> | Date | 22 May 2003 07:31:59 +0200 |
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On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 03:36, Matthew Harrell wrote: > : > : The last working kernel I had under my X windows system was 2.5.67-bk7. After > : that point every 2.5.6[8-9] and bk patch has had one major problem on my > : laptop - when I bring up a gnome-terminal or xterm the console prompt never > : shows up. The terminals just hang with a blinking cursor but I never get > : a prompt. If I reboot with the same setup into my 2.5.67 or any previous > : kernel then everything works fine. > : > : This is a Debian Sid system running gnome2. Any ideas? > : > > This problem still exists with all current bk patches for 2.5.69. I'm not > even sure where to look for the problem. Since nobody else has reported a > problem I'm going to boot back to an older, working kernel and assume the > problem as something to do with the configuration I'm using (attached below). > If anyone has any ideas just let me know and I'll give them a try
2.5.68 and later have depreciated devpts support in devfs. Thus you have to enable:
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
and mount it during boot. Easy way is just to add to fstab:
------------------ none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 ------------------
Regards,
-- Martin Schlemmer
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