Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 26 Sep 1996 09:38:09 -0400 (EDT) | From | Tom Zerucha <> | Subject | Re: Bug in pty re-usage |
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Is there an updated MAKDEV script or program that will (re) create all the necessary devices with the correct values?
On 25 Sep 1996, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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 > -- > Not speaking for Transmeta in any shape, way, or form. > >
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