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> 
> I know I've done something stupid, but I can't figure out what...
> 
> All of a sudden, now when I try to run 'xterm', it fails with (something
> like) this message:
> 
>   xterm: Error 23 errno 25: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Did  you knock out "options COMPAT_43" from your kernel config?

If so try putting it back.  Xterm is a throwback.  :-)


Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
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