Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 23:21:06 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net> To: "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Increasing the pty limit Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901312318050.21503-100000@guru.phone.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901312211590.480-100000@smarter.than.nu>
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I don't have sources to xterm, but you might look there and see how it's finding pty's. Last time I poked at this stuff, the programs had a loop to find an unused pty, and if xterm isn't looking beyond 16 of them, that would cause the problem. Doesn't sound very likely to me, though. <mike On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Brian W. Buchanan wrote: > Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 22:24:45 -0800 (PST) > From: Brian W. Buchanan <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Increasing the pty limit > > I like to open lots of xterms, but I've found that once I have 16 ptys in > use, I can't spawn any more. I've rebuilt my kernel with: > > pseudo-device pty 32 > > And I know I have enough pty device entries in /dev, but I still run into > the 16-pty limit. How can I fix this? > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Brian Buchanan brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org > > daemon(n): 1. an attendant power or spirit : GENIUS > 2. the cute little mascot of the FreeBSD operating system > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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