Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!hsdndev!bbn.com!mips2!mips2.cr.bull.com!houman From: houman@mips2.cr.bull.com (Houman Shafiezadeh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips Subject: Re: Patches to RISC/OS 4.5 for MIT X11R4 Message-ID: <1991Mar8.110718.11813@mips2.cr.bull.com> Date: 8 Mar 91 11:07:18 GMT References: <1991Feb15.211308.27835@convex.com> <1991Feb18.222802.2669@cs.ubc.ca> <1991Feb21.160803.5157@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> Sender: @mips2.cr.bull.com Reply-To: houman@mips2.cr.bull.com (Houman Shafiezadeh) Organization: Bull Worldwide Information Systems (Billerica, MA) Lines: 35 In article <1991Feb21.160803.5157@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>, lawc@super.ece.jhu.edu (Chiu-Tai Law) writes: |> In article k2@bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Klaus Steinberger) writes: |> >pphillip@cs.ubc.ca (Peter Phillips) writes: |> > |> >>If an xterm is started from a login which has no controlling tty (like |> >>from /usr/ucb/rsh) then the xterm will not get a controlling tty. The |> >>lack of a controlling tty breaks programs like "su" and "script". |> >>This problem doesn't occur under other UNIX machines running X11R4 nor |> >>does it occur using xterm from RiscWindows 3.21. |> > |> >I'm also running into this problem, I'm very very interested in a |> >solution. I have no idea, why this happened. |> > |> |> I have talked to Mips at CA a long while ago. However, I cannot |> file a bug report (it is difficult to isolate the bug and give an |> SHORT example). One way to work around is to compile xterm in SYSV |> environment. The bug has been persisted from OS 4.0 to 4.51 (do not |> know about 4.52). |> -- |> Chiu Tai Law lawc@super.ece.jhu.edu |> (301) 338-7976 I'm running 4.52 and X11.4 and have not noticedd the problem mentioned above. -- ========================================================================== | || | |Houman Shafiezadeh || houman@mips2.cr.bull.com | |Unix Software Development || | |Bull H.N. Information Systems ||=======================================| |300 Concord RD. || | |Billerica, MA 01821 || | | || | ==========================================================================