Re: 2.6.5 pts problem

[Jorge Bernal (Koke)]

On Lunes, 19 de Abril de 2004 07:52, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> >> As you see, pts is just growing, not using the old used numbers.
> >
> > The implementation was changed intentionally to make
> > it that way. The numbers will only be recycled once we
> > go over the max number of psuedoterminals, I think..
>
> You can also recycle the numbers by rebooting.
> That's what I do. :-/
>

and what about making that configurable.

I mean putting a config option to select between "recyclable" and 
"non-recyclable" pts numbers. Or maybe via /proc

> (I can't be spending 10% of my disk on a giant wtmp
> file. Also, I use the tty names for xterm titles now.
> If they get too big, the GNOME taskbar button titles
> get truncated.)
>
>
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