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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Arrghh!!! Where's my console gone!?

Very simple and very serious problem here, folks: my terminals just don't work. At all. Aterm (my favorite) flickers briefly and disappears, Eterm says "press a key to exit" - does just that if you try to do anything - and Xterm (!!!) just disappears. Haven't tried RXVT yet, but I'm guessing it will give me the same crap.

Any idea what's causing this?

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Arrghh!!! Where's my console gone!?

Ahh, here we go:

Can't open pseudo-tty - aborting.

Also for Xterm,

Can't open - not enough ptys.

Anything I can do about this? Is this an XOrg config problem (I have 3d acceleration, composite, RENDER, and glx enabled... Could that cause trouble like this?)

Oh BTW, rxvt does cause the same stupid crap.

Edit: FYI, I am using the precompiled kernel package and bash.

i3839

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Registered: 2004-02-04

Posts: 1,185

Re: Arrghh!!! Where's my console gone!?

You just switched from a 2.4 to a 2.6 kernel without doing the needed stuff. To fix your console problem add the following line to your /etc/fstab:

none    /dev/pts      devpts    defaults     0    0

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Re: Arrghh!!! Where's my console gone!?

No, I didn't switch kernels; I did an FTP install with the 2.6 kernel. I've done previous installs with the same kernel via that method and never had this problem before.

Thanks, though.

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Re: Arrghh!!! Where's my console gone!?

Uhh.. Dunno what to tell you man, but that line is already in /etc/fstab. Any other config files to edit?

oscar

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From: Kiruna, Sweden

Registered: 2004-08-13

Posts: 457

Re: Arrghh!!! Where's my console gone!?

Did you compile your kernel yourself?
In that case, make sure you have the following compiled in:

Filesystems --->
Pseudo Filesystems --->
[*] /dev/pts Extended Attributes

good luck

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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Re: Arrghh!!! Where's my console gone!?

Edit: FYI, I am using the precompiled kernel package and bash.

"Precompiled kernal package" as in "Kernel 2.6 IDE", or perhaps "Kernel-2.6.9-1-ARCH".

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

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Re: Arrghh!!! Where's my console gone!?

Ahh... A reinstall fixed it. Well, thanks anyway.

phunni

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From: Bristol, UK

Registered: 2003-08-13

Posts: 770

Re: Arrghh!!! Where's my console gone!?

a reinstall of Arch?  Is there an easier way to fix this?  I have a similar problem.  Eterm starts up and tells me to press a key to exit.  Error is the same as above with the pseudo-tty.

No other term starts.  Stock kernel, using udev and I have the above line in my fstab...