DEVPTS??????

[Jeepsta]

What the hell is DEVPTS???? I compiled the 2.4.0 kernel and this is the only failure I get now. I want to rid myself of it. I have looked and cant find a devpts anywhere in the kernel config. What did I forget to include in the kernel configuration?? Any ideas?

Zach

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Its a jeep thing... You wouldn't understand.

[MBMarduk]

Hey, jeep
I had a prob the first, ohh..5 or 6 times I ever compiled a kernel with this thing.
I still don't exactly know what it is, but AFA the kernel's concerned, you gotta turn on that option ON, it's called "UNIX PTY/98" or something like that, and when turned on you get **another** option to input HOW MANY PTYS (usually 256 default).
Hope this helps.
-Mike

[PLBlaze]

Have i look at /usr/src/linux-2.4.0/Documentation/filesystems/devfs it has all the details about device file system.

PTY's are totally different from devfs and not to be confused.Unix Pseudo Terminals are your console or command line that you login to by default kernel supports 256 of them but maximum is 2048 i belive that means by default you could have 256 logins to your box thru PTY's at the same time.Hope this helps.

[This message has been edited by PLBlaze (edited 15 January 2001).]