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Okay, screwed up the conifg somewhere (I assume). If I open a konsole window i get no prompt and can't type anything.
I can ctl-alt-f1 to get the command line.
Prior kernel works fine and the bash file looks the same.
I have debian 3.01r/sid).
If you need me to post a file, let me know.
tha nks
tucolino
05-22-2004, 11:46 PM
Originally posted by LAT
Okay, screwed up the conifg somewhere (I assume). If I open a konsole window i get no prompt and can't type anything.
I can ctl-alt-f1 to get the command line.
Prior kernel works fine and the bash file looks the same.
I have debian 3.01r/sid).
If you need me to post a file, let me know.
tha nks
was your prior kernel 2.4? i am asking cause i might have had a problem like that when i went form 2.4 to 2.6. vaguely rememeber. if so, i'll dig in to see what i had done.
tuco
hard candy
05-23-2004, 01:22 AM
Make sure in "character devices" under "device drivers", "legacy BSD pty support" is enabled.
tucolino
05-23-2004, 01:22 AM
Originally posted by LAT
Yes. Old kernel is 2.4
ok. i try to log things i do to fix certain things. it turns out my problem happened when i upgraded ncurses and could not start things like pico, nano, emacs, vim etc. that happened around the time i upgraded my kernel, so it seems that my problem and yours are totally unrelated. can't really help you much. i know that this is not a solution, but have you tried aterm. whenever i have some sort of problem with either gnome-terminal or konsole aterm usually works.
sorry couldn't help u more mate.
tuco
GaryJones32
05-23-2004, 03:52 AM
Originally posted by hard candy
Make sure in "character devices" under "device drivers", "legacy BSD pty support" is enabled.
yea they are always changing this one around and calling it different stuff
haven't looked at 2.6.6 but there should be one more thing besides what is above something to the effect
File Systems -> Psuedo FileSystems -> legacy /dev/pts filesystem
bwkaz
05-23-2004, 08:39 AM
Originally posted by hard candy
Make sure in "character devices" under "device drivers", "legacy BSD pty support" is enabled. I just specifically disabled that yesterday when I compiled 2.6 (just to see what would break, if anything), and xterm works fine...
GaryJones32 -- that /dev/pts filesystem is not marked legacy in my 2.6.6. config. In fact, I can't even see it (whether or not I have BSD PTY support turned on)...
LAT -- when you boot into 2.6.6, can you log in on a console? Is there anything relevant in your logs? (you should be able to look after booting back to 2.4). Did you upgrade your module utilities (modutils -> module-init-tools)?
Hi
Thanks all! I just recompiled the kernel following hard candy and GaryJones32's suggestions and I can now use konsole.
The /dev/pts didn't refer to "legacy" but I enabled it anyway.
bwkaz, yes i did my best to install/update all the required files including moduel-init-tools to 3.0-pre10. But didn't upgrade e2fsprogs 1.27. Warning not to do so was to scary :)
Have to re-recompile anyway cuz I lost the internet and I still can't find the ^&^(*(*%$ soundcore :(
Wish me luck!!!
Again, thanks all!