Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 11:03:42 -0500 From: Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> To: Nick Slager <nicks@albury.net.au> Cc: Matija Matijevac <mmat@twister.zrs.hr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More PTYs on FreeBSD 4.0 Message-ID: <20000523160342.EB80016F@woodstock.monkey.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 May 2000 16:16:07 %2B1000." <20000523161607.B95389@albury.net.au>
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In message <20000523161607.B95389@albury.net.au>, Nick Slager wrote: } > I'm new in BSD, and I'm using FreeBSD 4.0 } > I have a lot of users on my computer, so, if they all } > run screen, i don't have enough pty's, and i get a message } > "Not enough PTYs". } > How to correct the problem? } > } } You'll need to recompile your kernel, paying attention to: } } pseudo-device pty 16 Your message was correct, except that part. In 4.0, the number of ptys is dynamic, so you actually just have pseudo-device pty in your config file. All you need to do to "add more" is to make sure the entries exist in /dev, then use them. -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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