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From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Daffy: "No More Ptys!" =O
Date: 9 Dec 1993 23:20:26 GMT
Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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In article <CHsBxI.1J8@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu>,
Brad Colbert <bcolbert@rucs2.sunlab.cs.runet.edu> wrote:
>   How can I increase my ptys?  I can't seem to run more then three
>   Xterms without it telling my I have no more ptys?  I looked in
>   /dev and founf that I only owned 3 out of 20+ tty's?  Whats up 
>   with this?

	The GENERICAHA kernel was built with only 4 ptys.  

	You have to recompile a kernel with more of them.  I think
	I put mint to 16, and it's pretty much okay.  I do believe
	however, that there is a memory cost for increasing the number
	of ptys, so you don't want to get overzealous and have
	1048576 ptys on your machien.


								Mar c'me.


	
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