Re: Bug in pty re-usage
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
25 Sep 1996 19:25:30 GMT
Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.95.960925123234.13133B-100000@lager.engsoc.carleton.ca>
By author: Alex deVries <adevries@engsoc.carleton.ca>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I have exactly the same thing with 2.0.0. I've been blaming it on the
> fact that I've increased the number of ttys and ptys to 128 from the stock
> 64[*], but it sounds exactly like what I'm experiencing.
>
> [*] Wuhoo! 91 concurrent users on a P90 with 64MB and a load under 1.0.
>
I suggest making sure you delete *all* /dev/[pt]ty[a-z]* and recreate
them; this problem has been known to occur if you mix the "old" device
numbers (major 4) with the "new" ones (majors 2-3).
-hpa
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