Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 15:16:54 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: nlawson@kdat.csc.calpoly.edu (Nathan Lawson) Cc: matt@spirit.cis.uoguelph.ca, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XF86 3.1.2 Problems Message-ID: <199604052216.PAA25018@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199604051754.JAA12546@kdat.calpoly.edu> from "Nathan Lawson" at Apr 5, 96 09:54:50 am
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> > On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Nathan Lawson wrote: > > > > > xterm: Error 23, errno 25: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > > > I had exactly the same error, and fixed it by uncommenting the following > > line in my kernel config. > > > > options "COMPAT_43" #Compatible with BSD 4.3 > > > > Is your commented out? > > Ah, yes. Thank you _very_ much. Perhaps the COMPAT_43 option should be > stated as being necessary for X in the LINT config file. It has to do with xterm not using the POSIX termios interface (like it should be doing). I believe it is one of the few programs left that require the compatability option. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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