>>>>> "John" == John D'Emic <jdemic@interport.net> writes:
    John> I recompiled the kernel, bumped MAXUSERS up to 64 and the pty's up to like
    John> 128.  This didn't help, so I manually created another 64 /dev/pty* files
    John> with MAKEDEV to no avail.  I have a feeling theres something really basic
    John> I'm over looking, can anyone help?

  There is a kernel configuration on the number of pseudo ttys, this is near
the end of most of the file:

# miscellaneous pseudo-devices
pseudo-device	pty		64	# pseudo-terminals