Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 06:26:43 +0000 From: steve farrell <spfarrel@midway.uchicago.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: out of ttys ?? Message-ID: <199608110626.GAA00373@phaedrus.uchicago.edu>
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what am i missing? i keep getting this 'no available ptys' message... now before you ignore this email since it sounds like i don't know how to setup my /etc/ttys or /dev/ directory, please look at my config files below: (note that the system booted with these configs, and that it is a 2.2-CURRENT system from Jul 23.) bash$ w 6:15AM up 15 mins, 15 users, load averages: 2.49, 1.87, 1.21 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT spfarrel p1 :0.0 6:00AM 16days xterm spfarrel p2 :0.0 6:12AM 2 zsh spfarrel p3 meno 6:03AM 9 top spfarrel p4 :0.0 6:13AM - vi -c6 /home/spfarrel/Mail/drafts/3 spfarrel p5 :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel p6 :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel p7 :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel p8 :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel p9 :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel pa :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel pb :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel pc :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel pd :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel pe :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel pf :0.0 6:13AM - w bash$ xterm xterm: no available ptys bash$ ls -l /dev/ttyp* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 0 Jul 25 17:12 /dev/ttyp0 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 1 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttyp1 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 2 Aug 11 06:12 /dev/ttyp2 crw------- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 3 Aug 11 06:16 /dev/ttyp3 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 4 Aug 11 06:16 /dev/ttyp4 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 5 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttyp5 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 6 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttyp6 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 7 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttyp7 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 8 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttyp8 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 9 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttyp9 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 10 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttypa crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 11 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttypb crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 12 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttypc crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 13 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttypd crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 14 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttype crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 15 Aug 11 06:16 /dev/ttypf crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 16 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypg crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 17 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttyph crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 18 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypi crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 19 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypj crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 20 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypk crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 21 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypl To:questions@freebsd.org Subject:no available ptys cc: Fcc: +sent-new -------- what am i missing? i keep getting this 'no available ptys' message... now before you ignore this email since it sounds like i don't know how to setup my /etc/ttys or /dev/ directory, please look below: (note that the system booted with these configs, and that it is a 2.2-CURRENT system from Jul 23.) bash$ w 6:15AM up 15 mins, 15 users, load averages: 2.49, 1.87, 1.21 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT spfarrel p1 :0.0 6:00AM 16days xterm spfarrel p2 :0.0 6:12AM 2 zsh spfarrel p3 meno 6:03AM 9 top spfarrel p4 :0.0 6:13AM - vi -c6 /home/spfarrel/Mail/drafts/3 spfarrel p5 :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel p6 :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel p7 :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel p8 :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel p9 :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel pa :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel pb :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel pc :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel pd :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel pe :0.0 6:13AM 1 zsh spfarrel pf :0.0 6:13AM - w bash$ xterm xterm: no available ptys bash$ su bash# xterm xterm: no available ptys (damn, i thought i had it here =( ) bash$ ls -l /dev/ttyp* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 0 Jul 25 17:12 /dev/ttyp0 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 1 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttyp1 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 2 Aug 11 06:12 /dev/ttyp2 crw------- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 3 Aug 11 06:16 /dev/ttyp3 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 4 Aug 11 06:16 /dev/ttyp4 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 5 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttyp5 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 6 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttyp6 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 7 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttyp7 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 8 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttyp8 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 9 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttyp9 crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 10 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttypa crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 11 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttypb crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 12 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttypc crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 13 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttypd crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 14 Aug 11 06:13 /dev/ttype crw--w---- 1 spfarrel tty 5, 15 Aug 11 06:16 /dev/ttypf crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 16 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypg crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 17 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttyph crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 18 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypi crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 19 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypj crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 20 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypk crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 21 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypl crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 22 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypm crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 23 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypn crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 24 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypo crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 25 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypp crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 26 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypq crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 27 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypr crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 28 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttyps crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 29 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypt crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 30 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypu crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 5, 31 Jun 13 08:45 /dev/ttypv bash$ cat /etc/ttys # # @(#)ttys 5.1 (Berkeley) 4/17/89 # # name getty type status comments # # This entry needed for asking password when init goes to single-user mode # If you want to be asked for password, change "secure" to "insecure" here console none unknown off secure # ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure # Virtual terminals ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure # Serial terminals ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown off secure ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown off secure ttyd2 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown off secure ttyd3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown off secure # Pseudo terminals ttyp0 none network ttyp1 none network ttyp2 none network ttyp3 none network ttyp4 none network ttyp5 none network ttyp6 none network ttyp7 none network ttyp8 none network ttyp9 none network ttypa none network ttypb none network ttypc none network ttypd none network ttype none network ttypf none network ttypg none network ttyph none network ttypi none network ttypj none network ttypk none network ttypl none network ttypm none network ttypn none network ttypo none network ttypp none network ttypq none network ttypr none network ttyps none network ttypt none network ttypu none network ttypv none network
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