>[possible bad MAKEDEV file description deleted]
>
>Albert said:
>>
>> This isn't the problem.  I just checked tonight and its the good MAKEDEV (I
>> got it with the 2.1 distribution so I was kinda sure of this but double
>> checked to make sure) I also listed the /dev directory and found that I
>> should have plenty of pty's I have /dev/ptyp[0-3] /dev/ptyq[0-9]
>> /dev/ptyq[a-f].  Does anyone know what could be causing these problems and
>> how to fix it?
>
>What does an ls -l /dev/pty* show?  If you could mail us the listing, it
>might help (of course, maybe not ;-)
>
>Later.
>
>--
>Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
>Consultant                                        Rice University
>Information Technology Services                       Houston, TX

ok here's the ls -al /dev/pty* (this is handtyped and not the actual
list... I have yet to get sendmail working so I'm still emailing in the
MacOS enviroment:()

crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      0    Apr 13   22:52       ptyp0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      1    Apr 20   23:49       ptyp1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      2    Apr 20   23:49       ptyp2
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      3    Apr 20   23:50       ptyp3
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:58       ptyq0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:58       ptyq1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:58       ptyq2
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:58       ptyq3
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:58       ptyq4
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:58       ptyq5
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:58       ptyq6
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:58       ptyq7
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:58       ptyq8
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:58       ptyq9
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:59       ptyqa
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:59       ptyqb
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:59       ptyqc
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:59       ptyqd
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:59       ptyqe
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5,      16  Apr 16   17:59       ptyqf

I honestly hope this helps some.  The only thing that I notice is the
different dates especially since they were all created on the same day.