From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 1 00:07:22 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA09891 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 00:07:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA09884 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 00:07:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id SAA16914; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 18:37:14 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id SAA70980; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 18:36:48 +1030 (CST) Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 18:36:48 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Brian W. Buchanan" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Increasing the pty limit Message-ID: <19990201183647.X8473@freebie.lemis.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Brian W. Buchanan on Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 10:24:45PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message