i pty the foo who dont add none /dev/pts devpts
defaults 0 0 to /etc/fstab
sorry had to do it.
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 May 2008, Eben King wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Whenever I run an rxvt or xterm (or presumably anything using a pty), I
> get an error like
> >
> > rxvt: can't open pseudo-tty
> > rxvt: aborting
> >
> > or
> >
> > xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory
> > Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys
> >
> > I can run things in existing terminals, but I can't spawn new ones. How
> can I fix this?i
> >
>
> I read http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2004-05/0153.html
> and added the line
>
> none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
>
> to /etc/fstab. I wonder how I got along without it before? Hang on,
> /etc/init.d/mountvirtfs may be involved. Lemme unmount /dev/pts and see if
> that brings it back... yup. So that's the cure. I think.
>
> --
> -eben QebWenE01R@vTerYizUonI.nOetP royalty.mine.nu:81
>
> He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool;
> and he who dares not is a slave. -Sir William Drummond
>
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