From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 4 16:01:54 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ACF547F for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 16:01:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jankyj@unfs.us) Received: from morbid.purplehat.org (morbid.purplehat.org [206.225.82.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F6AA1AEF for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 16:01:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (morbid.purplehat.org [206.225.82.173]) by morbid.purplehat.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69A4D8CD66 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 09:01:53 -0700 (MST) Received: from morbid.purplehat.org ([206.225.82.173]) by localhost (morbid.purplehat.org [206.225.82.173]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15952-10 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 09:01:52 -0700 (MST) Received: from legacy.private.aspsys.com (fw1.aspsys.com [173.14.5.129]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jankyj@unfs.us) by morbid.purplehat.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8F755D8CC80 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2013 09:01:52 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <51AE0F66.3030802@unfs.us> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:01:42 -0600 From: "Janky Jay, III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130510 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pseudo-TTY Issues with FBSD 10 Snapshot? References: <51AD7292.1040503@unfs.us> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:01:54 -0000 Hi Dimitry, On 06/04/2013 12:44 AM, Dimitry Andric wrote: > On Jun 4, 2013, at 06:52, Janky Jay 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 > Thanks for the reply. I figured it would be something like this if the ptys were no longer available in FBSD10. I'll give this a shot later tonight and update the list with my findings. Regards, Janky Jay, III