Re: out of ptys
pty (pseudo terminal?) are linux devices defined in some quantity compiling the kernel. If you find this a problem then you do have to recompile the kernel increasing this amount. They are used when a program needs a device where to write to and read from, but this shoudn't be a real terminal. A real terminal is something like a vt100, a pseudo terminal is, for example, an xterm window. HTH, Giuseppe Will Lowe wrote: Can anybody tell me what this means, and how to fix it? rivendell[502] [~] rsh gondolin rlogind: Out of ptys. rlogin: connection closed.
Re: out of ptys
J.H.M. Dassen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 10:51:53 -0500, Will Lowe wrote: rlogind: Out of ptys. rlogind cannot allocate a pseudo-terminal, which is necessary for an interactive terminal session like rlogin. This can e.g. happen if you've switched to glibc2.1, run a 2.2.x kernel compiled with UNIX98 support, but don't have a devpts /dev/ptsdevpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 line in /etc/fstab. Is it reasonable and possible to automate the change in /etc/fstab? Many people will get hit with this problem. Documenting the problem is not as effictive as it might seem. The rlogind message does not make it obvious where to search for a solution to the problem. -- Kevin Dalley SETI Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED]
out of ptys
Can anybody tell me what this means, and how to fix it? rivendell[502] [~] rsh gondolin rlogind: Out of ptys. rlogin: connection closed. Will -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | |PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey| -- | You think you're so smart, but I've seen you naked | | and I'll prob'ly see you naked again ... | | --The Barenaked Ladies, Blame It On Me | --
Re: out of ptys
On Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 10:51:53 -0500, Will Lowe wrote: rlogind: Out of ptys. rlogind cannot allocate a pseudo-terminal, which is necessary for an interactive terminal session like rlogin. This can e.g. happen if you've switched to glibc2.1, run a 2.2.x kernel compiled with UNIX98 support, but don't have a devpts /dev/ptsdevpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 line in /etc/fstab. HTH, Ray -- Tevens ben ik van mening dat Nederland overdekt dient te worden.
