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From: davidn@sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent)
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Subject: RE: ptys
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Doug White writes:
> On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Haralds  Jakovels wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > >
> > >Did you do ./MAKEDEV pty64?
> > 
> > i guess i didnt make myself clear. yes, there are plenty of pty devices
> > in /dev, ptyp?, ptyq? and so on. this is why i wonder, wtf screen and w
> > doesnt work. 
> 
> Sorry.  I didn't notice that.
> 
> Hm, I didn't realize at the time this is for screen.  I'm not well versed
> in screen, so I don't know what's going on.

The only other thing that comes to my mind is /etc/ttys.
There needs to be one entry for each pty: