Re: Out of ptys??

Nicholas J. Leon (nicholas@binary9.net)
Fri, 14 Aug 1998 17:17:03 -0400 (EWT)


On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

#
# This system has been running 2.1.115 for awhile and it seems to work
# I just updated another machine, identical hardware, etc.
# It does not work.
#
# # rlogin quark
# rlogind: Out of ptys. <------------ What the hell!

The major number from pty's has changed from 4 to 3 & 2 in 2.1.115. Check
out /proc/tty/drivers and /usr/src/linux/Documentations/devices.txt.

I hear that the newest MAKEDEV supports this.

G'day!

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8 4 9 1 7 3 <-- what is the pattern?

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