From: Reto Schuettel <reto-ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2006-04-11T00:06:56+09:00
Subject: Strange problem with PTY.spawn()

Hi 

I've some troubles using PTY on a Solais 8 System:

| $ ruby1.8 -rpty  -e 'PTY.spawn("/bin/telnet testsite1");  ' 
| -e:1:in `spawn': can't get Master/Slave device (RuntimeError)
|         from -e:1

The system:
| $ uname -a
| SunOS hostname 5.8 Generic_108528-29 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R

Ruby:
| $ ruby1.8 -v
| ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [sparc-solaris2.8]

Everything works as it should with a old version of ruby:
| $ ruby -v
| ruby 1.6.8 (2002-12-24) [sparc-solaris2.8]

I've attached the output of truss. Please let me know if more
information is needed.

Can anybody help me with this? I have no idea how I could fix/avoid this
problem.

Cheers,
Reto Schuettel