Re: [QUESTION] Unix98 pty's

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Thu, 24 Dec 1998 18:41:19 -0500 (EST)


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On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Murat Arslan wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I'm running Redhat 5.2 w/ kernel 2.1.131+ac13, done the following:
>
> - Compiled my kernel with CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS and CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS.
> - mknod /dev/ptmx c 5 2
> - chmod 666 /dev/ptmx
> - mkdir /dev/pts
> - Added the following to /etc/fstab:
> none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
>
> Major/minor nums of /dev/tty* and /dev/pty* are:
> root@7:57pm:~# ls -l /dev/tty*
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 5, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/tty
> crw------- 1 arslanm staff 4, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/tty0
> crw--w---- 1 root tty 4, 1 Dec 23 17:57 /dev/tty1
> crw------- 1 arslanm staff 4, 10 Sep 11 04:13 /dev/tty10
> crw------- 1 root tty 4, 11 Sep 11 04:13 /dev/tty11
> crw------- 1 root tty 4, 12 Sep 11 04:13 /dev/tty12
> ...
>
> root@7:57pm:~# ls -l /dev/pty*
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 176 May 5 1998 /dev/ptya0
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 177 May 5 1998 /dev/ptya1
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 178 May 5 1998 /dev/ptya2
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 179 May 5 1998 /dev/ptya3
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 180 May 5 1998 /dev/ptya4
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 181 May 5 1998 /dev/ptya5
>
> But still nothing happened,
>
> Did I miss anything ??
>
> In Documentation/Changes it says:
> If you want to use the Unix98 ptys, you should be running at least
> glibc-2.0.9x, and you must switch completely to Unix98 pty's.
>
> How can I "completely" switch to Unix98 pty's ?
>
> Regards,

It is a FAQ. Uncrunch this, put it in /dev as MAKEDEV.new and
execute...

./MAKEDEV.new generic

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
Penguin : Linux version 2.1.131 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips).
Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.

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