Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 23:58:47 -0800 (PST) From: "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Increasing the pty limit Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901312357390.480-100000@smarter.than.nu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901312318050.21503-100000@guru.phone.net>
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On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Mike Meyer wrote: > I don't have sources to xterm, but you might look there and see how > it's finding pty's. Last time I poked at this stuff, the programs had > a loop to find an unused pty, and if xterm isn't looking beyond 16 of > them, that would cause the problem. Doesn't sound very likely to me, > though. When I said xterm, I was using it as a generic term -- I actually use a mix of Eterm and kvt. This limit also seems to sometimes affect man (I get "cannot fork"), and sometimes not. -- Brian Buchanan brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org daemon(n): 1. an attendant power or spirit : GENIUS 2. the cute little mascot of the FreeBSD operating system To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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