XFree86 (xterm) broken?

[Chris]

Randy Pratt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It seems the xterm has changed lately (Aug 24)?  It seems to be linked
> to a static version:
> 
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  27 Aug 24 13:41 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm at ->
>      /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm-static
> 
> The "mesg" function no longer works and produces errors:
> 	$ mesg y
> 	mesg: /dev/ttyp6: Operation not permitted
> 
> This prevents the unix talk requests from displaying on the xterm
> so I have to switch to console mode to find out who is calling
> (or do a "vidcontrol -P < /dev/ttyv0").
> 
> I thought I had broken something until it was confirmed by other
> users I contacted today.  I was also a bit surprised to see that
> its now a port of its own.  I'd like to see the old behavior
> restored if possible.  Or have I totally missed the boat somewhere
> along the line?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Randy

Speaking of terms - I went to KDE 3.3 - my aterm used to do 
transparencies - now however, I just get a grey background.

To look into this deeper, I installed rxvt. It too does the same thing.
Has something changed in KDE to prevent the above from working right?

-- 
Best regards,
Chris

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