32 actually IIRC -- you also have to remember some daemons may steal one
here and there, and the console itself uses one. (not the graphics part,
the text console that still exists)

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Brian A. Seklecki - Stargate Industries, LLC - NOC wrote:

> Evening everyone:
> 
> Does it make sence that I have 15 xterms open and I'm out of PTYs
> already?  I also have XConsole, which probably snatches one as well.
> 
> Just doesn't make sence that the GENERIC kernel would only have, say, 20
> TTYs by default.  I'm downloading syssrc.tgz now and I'm going to roll one
> with more TTYs.
> 
> Insight anyone?
> 
> 
> Brian A. Seklecki                       Stargate Industries, LLC
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> 
> 
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