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?
> > > #
> > > #
> > > # Brian A. Seklecki Stargate Industries, LLC
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> > > #
> > > #
> > >
> > >
> > > --*greywolf;
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
>
> Eduardo Horvath
>
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