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> I am using devfs and devfsd. This works fine. I want to move everything to use
> the new devfs nodenames. This has not been a problem with the exception of the
> use of pts's.

> With devfsd, xterm's work fine in XF86 3.3. W/o them, I get an error message
> that a pts couldn't be opened.

> I am not mounting devpts (as the devfs docs suggest). I do *not* want to
> upgrade to XF86 4.0 for a variety of unrelated reasons (as the docs do
> suggest).

> When I stop using devfsd, what do I need to mknod to get xterm's to work? (to
> allocate a pts properly)

> I am using glibc 2.1.3, BTW.

> Thanks.

> Paul Sack

> --
> Death is God's way of telling you not to be such a wise guy.

> > I am using devfs and devfsd. This works fine. I want to move everything
to use
> > the new devfs nodenames. This has not been a problem with the exception
of the
> > use of pts's.

> > With devfsd, xterm's work fine in XF86 3.3. W/o them, I get an error
message
> > that a pts couldn't be opened.

> > I am not mounting devpts (as the devfs docs suggest). I do *not* want to
> > upgrade to XF86 4.0 for a variety of unrelated reasons (as the docs do
> > suggest).

> > When I stop using devfsd, what do I need to mknod to get xterm's to
work? (to
> > allocate a pts properly)

> > I am using glibc 2.1.3, BTW.

> > Thanks.

> > Paul Sack

> > --
> > Death is God's way of telling you not to be such a wise guy.

> XF86 3.3 or XF86 4.0 does not make any difference, but perhaps
> it makes a difference which version of xterm you use.

> The pts' are used by xterm and also by many other programs,
> even programs like screen which can run without any X server
> use pts'. Try stracing a program using pts' with /dev on an
> ext2 filesystem and /dev/pts on a devpts filesystem. And try
> stracing the same program with the entire /dev hieracy on a
> devfs filesystem.

> Perhaps the problem has something to do with /dev/ptmx which
> is used to create the /dev/pts entries.

> --
> Kasper Dupont