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Date:      Wed, 14 Jul 1999 17:07:15 +0800 (WST)
From:      Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>
To:        Greg Lewis <glewis@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: telnetd - out of terminals
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907141705410.3190-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <199907140903.SAA54857@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au>

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On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Greg Lewis wrote:

> ttypb = 12 network ttys.  Add 4 virtual consoles and we get 16 -- the magic
> number for the number of pty devices compiled into the GENERIC kernel.
> 
> Sounds like you need to alter your kernel config and rebuild it, the
> relevant line is:
> 
> pseudo-device   pty     16
> 
> You might want to increase it to 64, say.

Thanks, I'll try it now.

Will that have any noticeable effect on system load/performance?

Regards,

d.



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