Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 09:00:20 -0800 (PST) From: "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Increasing the pty limit Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902010843050.480-100000@smarter.than.nu> In-Reply-To: <19990201183647.X8473@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 31 January 1999 at 22:24:45 -0800, Brian W. Buchanan wrote: > > 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 do you know you're running into the 16 pty limit? What's the > message? What are the names of your second group of 16 ptys? Further testing has shown this to be a kvt bug. There's still some problem with man reporting 'cannot fork', but it's not easily reproduceable. -- 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
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