Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 06:28:03 -0500 (CDT) From: Patrick Walentiny <pezzy@vntech.com> To: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> Cc: Greg Lewis <glewis@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: telnetd - out of terminals Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907140625300.25764-100000@mercenary.vntech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907141705410.3190-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
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Hello, You shouldn't notice a large performance difference unless someone decides to use all of those terminals. I upped mine to 256, and all of them filled up with screen sessions. (crazy users =)) Patrick. On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Dean Hollister wrote: > > X-no-archive: yes > > 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. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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