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From: jim@applix.UUCP (Jim Morton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: Problem with X-windows
Summary: how to add ptys
Message-ID: <965@applix.UUCP>
Date: 28 Apr 89 16:47:08 GMT
References: <82795LXB104@PSUVM>
Organization: APPLiX Inc., Westboro MA
Lines: 16

In article <82795LXB104@PSUVM>, LXB104@PSUVM.BITNET (Loren G. Brewster) writes:
> I type "xinit" to start up X-windows and after getting the X interface I
> briefly get a pull down menu then I suddenly quit out of X-windows and get
> the following error message;
> 
> 069-031 You have opened the "/usr/lpp/X/bin" window.
> xterm: out of pty's: No such file or directory

You need to run the "devices" command. From the main menu, type Add,
Ptydev, Pty, or do it all in one shot from the main menu by typing
"a pt pt" and then confirming the add operation. I would recommend
having at least 8 ptys if you are a serious user.
--
Jim Morton, APPLiX Inc., Westboro, MA
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