Subject: no available ptys
To: None <netbsd-help@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: None <bmilliga@NMSU.Edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/12/1994 08:13:41
I am running netbsd 0.9 and Xfree 2.0.  After opening 2-3 xapps I get
the message

	no available ptys

Telnet sessions are also disabled because they cannot find a port and
emacs shell buffers don't work for lack of a terminal.  How can I
increase the number of available ptys?  Lots are in /dev so I my naive
guess is that the kernel needs to be reconfigured.  Changing maxusers
from 10 to 32 seems to make no difference.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Brook Milligan	                   bmilliga@nmsu.edu
Department of Biology              505-646-7980
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico  88003