Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 08:44:24 +0200 From: Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org> To: Janky Jay <jankyj@unfs.us> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pseudo-TTY Issues with FBSD 10 Snapshot? Message-ID: <E49C6934-5B4D-414D-AE68-0565535EC7C3@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <51AD7292.1040503@unfs.us> References: <51AD7292.1040503@unfs.us>
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On Jun 4, 2013, at 06:52, Janky Jay <jankyj@unfs.us> wrote: > So, I'm unsure if this is related to a difference in pseudo TTY's yet or > not, but I'm having a very strange issue that I've never encountered > before. Details as follows: > > Fresh install of FBSD 10 > FreeBSD fbsd10.purplehat.org 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0: Mon > May 13 00:54:58 UTC 2013 > root@snap.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64) > > I've installed XFCE4 and Fluxbox as a play-around/test WM along with > x11/aterm. Everything seems to be working perfectly aside from the fact > that I can no longer use the 'aterm' command. Any time I try to start an > instance of 'aterm', I get the following error: > > aterm: ca't open pseudo-tty > aterm: aborting Have you tried "kldload pty" ? This should work for apps that still require ptys. If that works, put the following in /boot/loader.conf: pty_load="YES" so it will auto-load at boot time. -Dimitry
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