Bug 460675 - mock --shell fails to mount /dev/pts, remote X fails
Summary: mock --shell fails to mount /dev/pts, remote X fails
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: mock
Version: el5
Hardware: powerpc
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: David Cantrell
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: ActualBug
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-08-29 17:05 UTC by Kai Engert (:kaie) (inactive account)
Modified: 2013-01-10 01:51 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2010-09-11 19:56:20 UTC
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Description Kai Engert (:kaie) (inactive account) 2008-08-29 17:05:25 UTC 
Description of problem:
ssh -Y remote-ppc-rhel 5.2-host
xauth list
mock --init
mock --install xterm
mock --shell 
export HOME=/root
xauth add ...

mock-chroot> xterm
xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory
Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mock-0.9.10-1.el5

  
Actual results:
xterm does not start


Expected results:
xterm should start


Additional info:
Thanks a lot to mikeb who found the cause.
/dev/pts is not mounted

Workaround:
mock-chroot> mount -t devpts mock_devpts /dev/pts
Comment 1 Clark Williams 2009-07-09 01:17:21 UTC 
This should be addressed in 0.9.17 (actually should have worked prior to that)
Comment 2 Clark Williams 2010-09-01 14:22:59 UTC 
Kai, 

Have we fixed this bug?
Comment 3 Kai Engert (:kaie) (inactive account) 2010-09-01 17:29:31 UTC 
Sorry, I don't have an environment to verify the fix.

Let's assumed it's fixed, since the bug was understood and addressed.
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