Subject: Re: xorg or screen & more than 96 ptys
To: None <tech-x11@netbsd.org>
From: Jed Davis <jdev@panix.com>
List: tech-x11
Date: 05/15/2006 14:17:49
christos@astron.com (Christos Zoulas) writes:

> 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.

They were pulled up to netbsd-3 on 2006-04-04, but not to netbsd-3-0.

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