[Eug-lug] bad terms

[Bob Miller]

Rob Hudson wrote:

> Any clues on why I can't get a terminal in X?

Do this (from a framebuffer console or from an ssh session).  See how
your output differs from mine.

$ sudo strace xterm -display :0 2>&1 | grep pts
statfs("/dev/pts", {f_type="DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC", f_bsize=1024, f_blocks=0, f_bfree=0, f_files=0, f_ffree=0, f_namelen=255}) = 0
stat64("/dev/pts/11", {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 11), ...}) = 0
read(4, "\7\0\0\0\367\5\0\0pts/3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
read(4, "\7\0\0\0\370\5\0\0pts/2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
read(4, "\7\0\0\0\371\5\0\0pts/4\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
read(4, "\7\0\0\0\373\5\0\0pts/5\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
read(4, "\7\0\0\0\374\5\0\0pts/6\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
read(4, "\7\0\0\0\365\5\0\0pts/0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
read(4, "\7\0\0\0\366\5\0\0pts/1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
read(4, "\7\0\0\0O\6\0\0pts/7\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
read(4, "\7\0\0\0\355`\0\0pts/8\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
read(4, "\10\0\0\0~P\0\0pts/9\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
read(4, "\7\0\0\0\372,\0\0pts/11\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
write(4, "\10\0\0\0\372,\0\0pts/11\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 384) = 384
chmod("/dev/pts/11", 0666)              = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

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Bob Miller                              K<bob>
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