Bug 326282

Summary: Cannot use some terminal apps as external terminal with gdb
Product: [Applications] kdevelop Reporter: Ray <codemonkey>
Component: CPP DebuggerAssignee: kdevelop-bugs-null
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: major CC: adaptee, niko.sams, vlas.puhov
Priority: NOR    
Version: 4.5.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Ray 2013-10-19 19:27:46 UTC
Using the default external terminal emulator (konsole), as well as some alternatives (e.g. xfce Terminal), fails with the following error message:

GDB cannot use the tty* or pty* devices
Check the settings on /dev/tty* and /dev/pty*
As root you may need to "chmod ug+rw\" tty* and pty* devices
and/or add the user to the tty group using
"usermod -G tty username". 

Adding my user to tty group does not fix.

Setting ug+rw permissions on /dev/tty* and /dev/pts/* (Fedora does not have /dev/pty*) does not fix.  I even tried o+rw; no dice.

xterm is the only terminal emulator I've found thus far that works (but I dislike using it).

I've also tried xfce Terminal but it fails in the same manner.

Have not tried gnome terminal (don't use gnome and can't get it run for some reason).
Comment 1 Vlas Puhov 2013-10-25 08:45:07 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 204638 ***