Re: [Axiom-developer] sman fails to start

[root]

>Even with out clef sman fails to start as seen below.
>
>address@hidden:~/archive/axiom$ sman -debug -noclef -noht -nonag
>sman:main entered
>sman:process_options entered
>sman:set_up_defaults entered
>sman:set_up_defaults exit
>sman:process_arguments entered
>  sman -noclef -gr -nonag -noht -noiw -ihere -ihere -ws '$AXIOM/bin/AXIOMsys'
>-grprog '$AXIOM/lib/viewman' -nagprog '$AXIOM/lib/nagman' -htprog
>'$AXIOM/bin/hypertex -s' -clefprog '' -sessionprog '$AXIOM/lib/session'
>-clientprog '$AXIOM/lib/spadclient' -rm '(null)' -rv '(null)' -paste '(null)'
>sman:process_arguments exit
>sman:process_options exit
>ptyopen: Failed to grant access to slave device: No such file or directory
>ptyopen: Failed to get name of slave device: No such file or directory
>ptyopen: Failed to open slave: Bad address
>sman:start_the_local_spadclient: $AXIOM/lib/spadclient
>fork_Axiom: Failed to reopen server: No such file or directory

Odd. very odd. 
Perhaps X isn't allowing userid bt to open windows? try 'xhost +'
For some reason you can't get pseudo-terminals. This used to be 
a problem way back in history because systems were only set up to
allow 2-3 ptys but modern systems are usually configed with more.
Did you do your own kernel build? Is this a standard distro?

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