[Sussex] A problem with devpts

[Karl E. Jorgensen]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 08:41:24PM +0000, Steve Dobson wrote:
> Here is a little problem I have with devpts - no devices.
> 
> This means that I can't open gnome-terminal or xterm or ssh into the
> box because there are no devices in /dev/pts.
> 
> Yes, the kernel does support PTS devices - /proc/filesystems tells
> me so.
> 
> Have any of you seen this?  If so, any clue as to how to fix it?

sounds familiar...  Is this a custom kernel?

I ran into the same with a custom kernel at some point - iirc installing
the udev package sorted it

Hope this helps

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