From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 4 17:37:53 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 699EF1065670 for ; Fri, 4 May 2012 17:37:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net [207.145.128.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3556D8FC0A for ; Fri, 4 May 2012 17:37:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.49]) by asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 365C4A7029D for ; Fri, 4 May 2012 13:37:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 29181 invoked from network); 4 May 2012 17:37:46 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 25744, pid: 25492, t: 0.1637s scanners: clamav: 0.88.2/m:52/d:10739 Received: from unknown (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 4 May 2012 17:37:46 -0000 Received: from lowell-desk.lan (lowell-desk.lan [172.30.250.8]) by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07F1033C1E; Fri, 4 May 2012 13:37:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: by lowell-desk.lan (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 9EC1939822; Fri, 4 May 2012 13:37:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Lowell Gilbert To: Raoul =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E9g=E9las?= To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org References: <20120503192205.65F2CA6217@smtp3-g21.free.fr> Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 13:37:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20120503192205.65F2CA6217@smtp3-g21.free.fr> ("Raoul =?iso-8859-1?Q?=5C=22M=E9g=E9las=5C=22=22's?= message of "Thu, 03 May 2012 21:21:01 +0200") Message-ID: <441umzg84b.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: no ptX device found X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 17:37:53 -0000 Raoul "M=E9g=E9las" writes: > I dislike crossposting, but i have had no reply for this problem. > Please have you any doc on this topic, i does not find > anythikng in the man pages, nor in UPDATING. > see below, the message posted on current. I'm not running current, but I don't think that matters for this. I'm guessing you haven't read the manual for pty(4)? pty devices seem fairly obsolescent. > On current, since about 3 months, no pty device is created. > i see only a pts[0] in dev. > screen (4.0.1, we cannot use a higher version, for good raisons) > does not find any pty device and does not attach. > How can i create at least one? It should be created automatically when you try to access it.=20 If it's trying to examine the device before opening it, using stat()=20 or something similar might get the device to trigger. > my ttys seems to have no effect. I am pretty sure i miss somemthing. > In another hand, i see nothing in the man pages on this topic. pty devices seem to only be present for backward compatibility, and I don't see them actually needed on any of my systems.