From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12924 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2001 00:08:33 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 11 Sep 2001 00:08:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 39 invoked by alias); 11 Sep 2001 00:08:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 4217 Received: (qmail 27 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2001 00:08:12 -0000 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:07:37 -0400 From: lordzork@lordzork.com To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: error on TTY read: no such file or directory Message-ID: <20010910200737.A6256@hithaeglir.net> Reply-To: lordzork@lordzork.com Mail-Followup-To: lordzork@lordzork.com, zsh-users@sunsite.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Organization: lordzork industries X-GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/EE946A6E X-GPG-Key-Fingerprint: E27C 03D8 A1B6 F7C5 2B92 58A9 4BEA 926A EE94 6A6E X-GPG-Public-Key: http://lordzork.com/tmk.pub.asc X-Mailer: CHIKKEN MAIL 0.80 BETA (CHIKKEN) X-Originating-IP: [127.0.0.1] X-Midgets: too tall this is very strange. i login to the host in question as root from a tty device. lala, regular login stuff, zshrc, ps1, etc. then, if i try to type something, anything, i get zsh: error on TTY read: no such file or directory then it logs me out. note that i am not actually typing a full command and hitting enter, i get the error after typing only one letter. if i connect to the host via ssh or telnet, everything is fine. if i login from a tty using a different shell (ie, bash or ash), everything is fine. if i login from a tty with another account that uses zsh, everything is fine. this annoying problem has me stumped! so if anyone has any ideas, i'd love to hear them. i make the following predictions: 1. the solution is completely obvious (only not to me). 2. i will feel like a complete idiot once this is pointed out. well then! -tmk -- 4.0k -rw-rw-r-- 1 zork zork 17 Apr 4 17:38 .signature