Why does "xterm" die aborning?

[Rick Thomas]

Bill,

Thanks for the tip!  I tried it and it works...  But I still have a
question:  How does "fatal pty error" relate to VT100 eight bit input?  How
in the world could I have been expected to get from the symptoms to the
cure?  How did *you* get from here to there?!!!

I'll accept that there's a lot of "magic" in X-windows, but this seems
genuinely bizarre.  Please enlighten me.

Thanks again for the fix, however you got it!

Rick

> From: Bill Fink <billfink@mindspring.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 03:08:27 -0400
> To: YellowDog Linux General <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Cc: Bill Fink <billfink@mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: Why does "xterm" die aborning?
> 
> On Sun Jul 7 2002, Rick Thomas wrote:
> 
>> I have YDL 2.2 loaded on a Mac TiBook.  When I try to start an xterm, I get
>> 
>> xterm: fatal pty error 23 (errno=22) on tty /dev/pts/3
>> 
>> Anybody know why, or how to fix it?
> 
> Hi Rick,
> 
> In the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm change the line:
> 
> *VT100*eightBitInput: false
> 
> to:
> 
> *VT100*eightBitInput: true
> 
> That should do it.
> 
> -Bill
> 
> P.S.  I just noticed that the lists search function is once again working
> on the YellowDog Linux web site.
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