From cd92f44686b165ea77d13b1b93b2ff80eadfe53f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Marriott Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:31:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] "So you have screwed up your /dev/null?" From Mathias Gumz. --- FAQ | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 689e6a09..c7ba9c57 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -351,5 +351,25 @@ This solution will work even if a command is currently running in the terminal, but it will not work from a window that has just been swapped with another because TMUXPWD_i will not be updated after a swap. However, once a new prompt is displayed, TMUXPWD_i is updated properly. + +* tmux doesn't start with "daemon failed" + +tmux shows something similar to this when started: + + fatal: server_start: daemon failed: No such file or directory + fatal: main_dispatch: imsg_read failed + +A possible reason is that /dev/null is not a character device or is otherwise +inaccessible. + +Check with: + + file /dev/null + ls -l /dev/null + +If it is not a character device or has incorrect permissions, it can typically +be recreated with: + + cd /dev && rm null && ./MAKEDEV null -$Id: FAQ,v 1.40 2010-12-06 17:00:34 nicm Exp $ +$Id: FAQ,v 1.41 2010-12-15 23:31:30 nicm Exp $