Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:45:56 -0800 (PST) From: nicolls@dip.ee.uct.ac.za To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/23561: Linux compatibility mode does not support /dev/ptmx device Message-ID: <200012150745.eBF7juI36632@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200012150750.eBF7o2S37091@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 23561 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Linux compatibility mode does not support /dev/ptmx device >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: wish >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 14 23:50:01 PST 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Fred Nicolls >Release: 4.2-RELEASE >Organization: University of Cape Town >Environment: FreeBSD dsp7.ee.uct.ac.za 4.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE #0: Tue Aug 1 09:03:09 SAST 2000 nicolls@dsp7.ee.uct.ac.za:/usr/src/sys/compile/DSP7 i386 >Description: Recent Linux kernels use the /dev/ptmx to allocate ttys. Some commercial software (such as the new release of Matlab) require this device to function correctly. The device is not currently supported under FreeBSD, so the software doesn't run. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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