Re: unable to start xterm - jornada720

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

> attempting to start xterm, either manually after starting X
> or putting it as a command in my .xinitrc (as is default),
> results in nothing.
 :
> Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Lacking pseudo terminal device nodes could cause this behavior.
In this case you need the following line in /etc/fstab to have ptyfs:
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ptyfs	/dev/pts	ptyfs	rw
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Have fun,
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Izumi Tsutsui