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From: feisal@tstt.net.tt (Feisal Mohammed)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: X windows : ioctl problems with xterm
Date: 11 Feb 1996 16:34:58 GMT
Organization: University of the West Indies
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In article <4fjtpl$6ge@trout.progroup.com>, Craig Shaver wrote:

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> >    login: Error 23, errno 25: Inappropriate ioctl for device
I got that error if the following is not in the config file for the
kernel
options "COMPAT_43"
It's mentioned nowhere in the docs.

-Feisal
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Feisal Mohammed <feisal@tstt.net.tt>   Ph: 1-809-662-2002 x3171
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of the West Indies.