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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: konsole kpart: Konsole is unable to open a PTY...
From:       Karim Ryde <karim () bredband ! net>
Date:       2006-02-03 15:07:27
Message-ID: 200602031607.27922.karim () bredband ! net
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On Thursday 2 February 2006 22:57, Michael Pyne wrote:
> On Thursday 02 February 2006 11:19, Karim Ryde wrote:
> > Tried that without success.
> >
> > Same error:
> > "Konsole is unable to open a PTY (pseudo teletype). It is likely that
> > this is due to an incorrect configuration of the PTY devices. Konsole
> > needs to have read/write access to the PTY devices."
> >
> > > Regards,
> > >  - Michael Pyne
>
> Is the kgrantpty program installed and is it setuid?  I believe Konsole
> uses that helper program to actually open PTYs in read/write mode.  Should
> be part of kdebase.
>
> If it's not setuid, doing the following should correct the permissions:
>
> $ sudo chown root:root /path/to/kgrantpty
> $ sudo chmod u+s /path/to/kgrantpty
>
> This makes the kgrantpty program owned by root, and the sticky bit makes it
> run as root.
>
> If it's still not working after that, I'm not sure what would be wrong.

Tried your suggestion, still the same error.

> Regards,
>  - Michael Pyne

Thanks,
/Karim
 
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