Subject: Re: "xterm: no available ptys"
To: Eduardo Horvath <eeh@turbolinux.com>
From: None <>
List: port-sparc
Date: 07/21/2000 13:52:17
Someone in a chat room might have suggested "sh ./MAKEDEV all", but I'm
not going to name anyone ;-)

I'll try it when I get back into the office.

-Brian


On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Eduardo Horvath wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Brian A. Seklecki - Stargate Industries, LLC - NOC wrote:
> 
> > Alright, I don't know whats up with this.
> > 
> > I recompiled with "OPTIONS UNCONSOLE" as well as:
> > 
> > pseudo-device   pty             256      # pseudo-ttys (for network, etc.)
> > 
> > Yet I still recieve the same error message after about 20 xterms.
> > 
> > I've ran /dev/MAKEDEV, same restul
> > 
> > I tried running "./MAKEDEV 1 ; ./MAKEDEV 2 " ...up to 15, same result
> 
> Make sure the pty device nodes are being created.
> 
> `MAKEDEV 1' won't work.  Try ./MAKEDEV pty1.
> 
> If you really do have all those pty device nodes created and you still 
> get those errors then try running the program ktrace(1) to see what it's
> trying to do.
> 
> > 
> > Suggestions anyone?
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Grey Wolf wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Brian A. Seklecki - Stargate Industries, LLC - NOC wrote:
> > > 
> > > # Evening everyone:
> > > # 
> > > # Does it make sence that I have 15 xterms open and I'm out of PTYs
> > > # already?  I also have XConsole, which probably snatches one as well.
> > > # 
> > > # Just doesn't make sence that the GENERIC kernel would only have, say, 20
> > > # TTYs by default.  I'm downloading syssrc.tgz now and I'm going to roll one
> > > # with more TTYs.
> > > 
> > > Did you MAKEDEV pty1 pty2 pty3 pty4 ...?
> > > 
> > > # 
> > > # Insight anyone?
> > > # 
> > > # 
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> > > 
> > > 
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> > 
> 
> Eduardo Horvath				   
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