From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 1 13:08:19 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA16431 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:08:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nyc-ny71-39.ix.netcom.com (nyc-ny71-39.ix.netcom.com [209.109.226.231]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA16425 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:08:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@ix.netcom.com) Received: from localhost (spork@localhost) by nyc-ny71-39.ix.netcom.com (8.9.2/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA00515; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 16:03:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from spork@ix.netcom.com) X-Authentication-Warning: nyc-ny71-39.ix.netcom.com: spork owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 16:03:40 -0500 (EST) From: Spike Reply-To: sporkl@ix.netcom.com To: "Brian W. Buchanan" cc: Greg Lehey , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Increasing the pty limit In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Brian W. Buchanan wrote: > 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. Before upping my number of process limit in /etc/lgin.conf I would see "cannot fork" messages. What user class are you in, and what are the settings in /etc/login.conf? > > -- > 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 > > -Spike Gronim sporkl@ix.netcom.com The majority only rules those who let them. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNrYWsJ31G6IEwnwxAQHA+gQArrhjXT0geuivLLyqBKcW5lzocDaWF4Kg lpnckfFB4ZObOvTGaWrJroW93CYZXnUf6ZZ5PJguvo2n59in3drKFe/jB5OhJ6hH sZ9aS/qEonq2eHvIPREJuQMKAm/rYjwanzhbpDEHYoupDujL7nfU5stn/mfwaJ66 p1MJQidPOgE= =34oq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message