Subject: Re: xorg or screen & more than 96 ptys
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/15/2006 16:09:54
In article <32759.4751063318$1147706756@news.gmane.org>,
David Brownlee  <abs@NetBSD.org> wrote:
>On Sun, 14 May 2006, Christos Zoulas wrote:
>
>> In article <24633.8918725543$1147636141@news.gmane.org>,
>> David Brownlee  <abs@absd.org> wrote:
>>> 	I've created /dev/ptm{,x} many ptys, and now have around 280
>>> 	ptys for norm use (ssh etc), but xorg and screen only seem to
>>> 	be able to see the first 96. Has anyone got any ideas on this?
>>
>> Are you running 3.0 or current?
>
> 	sorry, should have stated - 3.0_STABLE from about two weeks ago.

You need both a kernel patch and a MAKEDEV patch. I think both of these
have been committed to 3.x.

christos