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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] [urgent] openpty out of pty devices
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:55:31
Message-Id: 1351504437.14558.0@numa-i
1 Hi,
2
3 I've managed to make one of my systems next to unusable since I cannot
4 start an xterm anymore.
5 In the logs I get "opentty failed out of pty devices"
6
7 This occurred after a reboot today. It must have something to do with a
8 recent update to udev.
9 I remember a similar problem a few days or weeks ago on a machine which
10 is rebooted each day.
11 Unfortunately, I cannot remember the fix (probably something connected
12 to starting some processes at boot time)
13
14 Does anybody remember what the fix was?
15
16 Many thanks,
17 Helmut.

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Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] openpty out of pty devices Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>