Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 20:01:44 -0800 From: Justin Burke <mlist-freebsd-questions@alt255.com> To: Lee Harr <missive@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Out of pty's Message-ID: <20031207040143.GA62068@alt255.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY2-F28p9NBUL23sse0000aa7f@hotmail.com>
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* Lee Harr (missive@hotmail.com) wrote: > >How do I find out the limit of ptys on my system? (sysctl doesn't > >seem to show anything relevant.) > > > >How do I increase that value? The pseudo-pty value in the kernel config > >has no assigned value (ie. we are using the default).... but what is the > >default? > > > > Which version of FreeBSD? 4.9-PRERELEASE > I had a similar problem on my 4.9-stable box. What I did was use > /dev/MAKEDEV to create some more pty devices. > > ls /dev/pty* > > will show you how many you have, then > > /dev/MAKEDEV pty1 (can also use pty2 pty3 pty4 etc) > > will create more. It seems that creating the devices isn't the problem. I just can't get screen and ssh to actually use those ptys. I'm going just rebuild the kernel with modification suggested in the FAQ. Justinhome | help
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