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Date:      Tue, 23 May 2000 16:16:07 +1000
From:      Nick Slager <nicks@albury.net.au>
To:        Matija Matijevac <mmat@twister.zrs.hr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: More PTYs on FreeBSD 4.0
Message-ID:  <20000523161607.B95389@albury.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <LPBBIAOJFJAFKOEPEGOHMEDMCAAA.mmat@zrs.hr>; from mmat@twister.zrs.hr on Tue, May 23, 2000 at 07:19:12AM %2B0200
References:  <LPBBIAOJFJAFKOEPEGOHMEDMCAAA.mmat@zrs.hr>

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> 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

You may also need to add more entries in /dev

See http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html#KERNELCONFIG-PTYS
for more information.


Nick.

-- 
 From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680):
  "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey."



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