problem with ptys

[Schmolch]

I have this default pty setting activated in my kernel, for 255 max ptys, but unfortunately i get only between 0 and 3.

When i start konsole i can open 2 more inside until i get the message "not enough ptys"

When i try to start a xterm i cant even open one.
"Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys"

I now nothing about this pty-stuff, is there something i can do or check?

My console-logins on F1-F6 look ok.

[himpierre]

Clearly you need some more /dev/pty's.
I suspect that creating a few more with 'mknod' would do the trick. Did you changed something lately?

regards
Thomas

[Schmolch]

ahh /dev/pty thats interesting, thx.

Well if i changed something?
Not that i know of but i had some trouble with filesystem errors and there was some error with the dev-filesystem too but i had a backup of my whole / ... but who knows.

So i look into dev and there is lots of pty stuff in there.
i have a directory /dev/pty/ with 256 entries, from m0 to m255 and all same rights and stuff.
5472508 0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2, 94 Jan 1 1970 m94

Well they are a little old, from 1.1.1970 maybe they have expired ?

Ok other than those i also have entries in /dev/ from ptya0 to ptyzf.. oh these are links to that in /dev/pty/.

4423964 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 26 18:58 ptyz6 -> pty/m166


There is another strange behaviour i didnt mention.
When i start gnome-terminal, and from inside it try to start another new gnome-terminal, i get the new window, but without content.
When i then try to close that window, X crashes (restarts).


Well, what could i try.. it happens on all DesktopEnvironments/WindowManagers and it happens since.. maybe 1 week.

Oh one more question:
The console-logins, those from F1 to F6, are these ptys considered as already assigned?
If so maybe i have the other 249 ptys on F13-F262?

................ probably not

[himpierre]

[Schmolch]

yes i tried it with activated and deactivated.
i also tried different kernel.

Damn.

The only X-Terminal that starts is konsole (from kde).
All other X-Terminals (xterm eterm gnome-terminal) refuse to even start ("not enough ptys")
With konsole i can run 3 logins inside, in tabs, no more.

God, isnt that odd ??

Im really curiouse about what solution the future will bring, if it will.

[nepenthe]

did you ever resolve this, I'm having same error....

[Schmolch]

Yes

I have a second harddisk and im rsyncing my / every once in a while.
When doing this somehow a /dev/.devfsd gets created on the target-disk, and when i boot it there appears a error at bootup (which i didnt see because its not in the logs) where gentoo tries to delete this .devfsd but fails. This was the cause for the pty-trouble as well as for another problem i had.
Deleting the .devfsd fixed it.

[azote]

im having the same problem ..
i cant launch xterm

but i cant erase .devfsd

how do i erase that file ?

it says operation not permited..
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[azote]

all this started wehn i updated to the new kernel 2.5.68

please help I need my terminals back !

thanks!
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