xterm: no available ptys

From: Nicolas Michal <nmichal_at_ups.edu>
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 18:02:09 -0800 (PST)

I have DU4.0B on a Decstation 3000. After I applied the OS patch #6, I
can't open any xterms--nothing happens. If I telnet in and set the
DISPLAY variable, etc, I get the message

  xterm: no available ptys

or, for dxterm,

  DECterm: Can't open pty!

This happens even for the root user. I can telnet and rlogin in to the
machine just fine. There are no other users logged in. I created some
more /pty?? files with MAKEDEV, and deleted and re-created the existing
ptys, but that didn't help. I installed the patch on a similar machine
and haven't had this problem. Any ideas?

Thanks a bunch.
Nick Michal
nmichal_at_ups.edu
Received on Wed Feb 04 1998 - 03:02:28 NZDT

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