Hi all,
i'm stumped here. i successfully installed debian/unstable with 2.6
kernel. my friend wanted to install debian/unstable in his IBM X20
laptop. i followed the same procedure, that i used in my desktop, but
got stuck with the /dev/pts problem.
when i open gnome-terminal, i get the error message "there was an error
creating the child process for this terminal". i searched and found that
it is related to pseudo terminals which is supposed to be mounted
automatically by udev. since it didn't happen i created a line in
/etc/fstab as
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
still when i boot it doesn't mount, so i had to manually mount as
mount /dev/pts
and then gnome-terminal or xterm will work.
in my desktop i don't have any line in the fstab for this /dev/pts but
still it mounts automatically every time it boots.
i'm completely lost

thanks
jc
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jayachandran kamaraj wrote:
> Hi all,
> i'm stumped here. i successfully installed debian/unstable with 2.6
> kernel. my friend wanted to install debian/unstable in his IBM X20
> laptop. i followed the same procedure, that i used in my desktop, but
> got stuck with the /dev/pts problem.
> when i open gnome-terminal, i get the error message "there was an error
> creating the child process for this terminal". i searched and found that
> it is related to pseudo terminals which is supposed to be mounted
> automatically by udev. since it didn't happen i created a line in
> /etc/fstab as
> none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
> still when i boot it doesn't mount, so i had to manually mount as
> mount /dev/pts
> and then gnome-terminal or xterm will work.
> in my desktop i don't have any line in the fstab for this /dev/pts but
> still it mounts automatically every time it boots.
> i'm completely lost
>
> thanks
> jc
sorry it is my bad. the problem was due to the fact that udev started at
a later stage during the boot process. now i corrected it
jc

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Jayachandran Kamaraj Registered Linux User :341946
Registered Machine :230996

Do not dig so deep to find the
reasons for the defeat that nothing comes out.--Vajpayee

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