--- otp_src_R10B-10/erts/etc/unix/run_erl.c.bak	2006-05-03 15:54:19.000000000 +0200
+++ otp_src_R10B-10/erts/etc/unix/run_erl.c	2006-05-03 15:57:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <pty.h>
+#include <utmp.h>
 #if !defined(NO_SYSLOG)
 #include <syslog.h>
 #endif
@@ -803,6 +805,7 @@
 static int open_pty_master(char **ptyslave)
 {
   int mfd;
+  int sfd;
   char *major, *minor;
 
   static char majorchars[] = "pqrstuvwxyzabcdePQRSTUVWXYZABCDE";
@@ -818,6 +821,15 @@
   /* http://www.xcf.berkeley.edu/~ali/K0D/UNIX/PTY/code/upty.h.html */
 
   {
+    static char ttyname[] = "                                   ";
+    if (0 == openpty(&mfd, &sfd, ttyname, NULL, NULL)) {
+      close(sfd);
+      *ptyslave = ttyname;
+      return mfd;
+    }
+  }
+
+  {
     /* New style devpts or devfs /dev/pty/{m,s}{0,1....} */
 
     static char ptyname[] = "/dev/pty/mX";
--- otp_src_R10B-10/erts/etc/common/Makefile.in.orig	2006-05-03 17:08:53.000000000 +0200
+++ otp_src_R10B-10/erts/etc/common/Makefile.in	2006-05-03 17:10:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 	$(PURIFY) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(ENTRY_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJDIR)/inet_gethost.o $(ENTRY_OBJ) $(LIBS) 
 
 $(BINDIR)/run_erl: $(OBJDIR)/run_erl.o
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJDIR)/run_erl.o
+	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -lutil -o $@ $(OBJDIR)/run_erl.o
 
 $(OBJDIR)/run_erl.o: ../unix/run_erl.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c ../unix/run_erl.c