[Konsole-devel] [Bug 146786] New: -e option sometimes fails: Konsole can't open a PTY (segfault, perhaps)

[sheeettin at gmail.com]

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           Summary: -e option sometimes fails: Konsole can't open a PTY
                    (segfault, perhaps)
           Product: konsole
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konsole-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: sheeettin gmail com


Version:           1.6.6 (using KDE KDE 3.5.7)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

Depending on what you execute, Konsole's -e option will cause Konsole to produce an error message (console output and dialog box) and exit without executing the desired command.
For example, try "konsole -e 'echo foo'". Here, it causes Konsole to print 

kdecore (KProcess): WARNING: _attachPty() 11
konsole: WARNING: Unable to open a pseudo teletype!
Uh oh.. can't get terminal attributes..

...and a dialog box appears saying that Konsole needs read/write access to the PTYs. Strangely, "ls -Al /dev/pt*" shows everything is owned by root (group tty), permissions 0666.
In /dev/pts, I can read from and write to everything.

I can execute the launcher scripts for America's Army (a game) and Sauerbraten (another game) just fine (through the K menu, as "konsole -e '/path/to/script'", but the launcher script for Docking Station (another game) doesn't execute. It does work if executed in a shell, however.