Re: [TCLUG:5645] need more ptys

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

This is a kernel configuration problem.  It is in the make config where
you specify howmany ptys you want.  It should default to 256, so something
must be wrong with your .config in /usr/src/linux-2.2.7/

Peter Lukas

On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Ben Luey wrote:

> Same problem with different servers. This started when I started some
> filtering with ipchains, could this be affecting it? It seems to died at
> the spawn command, before any network activity though.
> 
> On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Ben Kochie wrote:
> 
> > ummmm.. sounds like the remote server has problems
> > 
> > Thank You,
> >         Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
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> > On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Ben Luey wrote:
> > 
> > > I have a simple expect script to log me into a server, just now when I ran
> > > it I got:
> > > 
> > > [lueyb@pclueyb bin]$ veblen
> > > spawn telnet veblen.carleton.edu
> > > The system has no more ptys.  Ask your system administrator to create 
> > > more.
> > >     while executing
> > > "spawn telnet veblen.carleton.edu"
> > >     (file "/home/lueyb/bin/veblen" line 46)
> > > [lueyb@pclueyb bin]$                           
> > > 
> > > I just recompiled my kernel under 2.2.7 -- what does this mean and what do
> > > I do?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Ben
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Ben Luey
> > > lueyb@carleton.edu
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> Ben Luey
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