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From: mschedlb@hawk.ulowell.edu (Martin J. Schedlbauer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: increasing number of xterms
Keywords: How can I get more xterms?
Message-ID: <1703@ulowell.ulowell.edu>
Date: 12 Jan 91 20:44:28 GMT
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In article <143@gaboon.UUCP> asv@gaboon.UUCP (Stan Voket) writes:
>
>I'm running ISC 2.2 with their X 1.2 release.  I'd like to increase 
>the number of xterm (or xpcterm) windows on my display.  I've 
>increased the number of ptys from 16 to 24 by modifying 
>/etc/conf/sdevice.d/pty and /etc/conf/node.d/pty.  I've added 
>PTC_UNITS 16 8 24 to /etc/conf/cf.d/mtune and PTC_UNITS 24 to 
>/etc/conf/cf.d/stune.  I rebuilt the kernal but cannot start any more 
>xterms than before.  The error message I get is: X Toolkit Error: 
>Can't Open display.  
>


Set /etc/conf/node.d/pts to more pts terminals.
Set /etc/conf/sdevice.d/ptem to 32.
Set /etc/conf/sdevice.d/ptm to 32.

This is from Thomas Roell's X11R4 /usr/lib/X11/config/X386.

	...Martin



Martin Schedlbauer				(mschedlb@ulowell.edu)
Institute for Visualization and Perception Research
Department of Computer Science
University of Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854		(Tel: (508) 934-3612)