Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264213AbUDSIOR (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 04:14:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264300AbUDSIOR (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 04:14:17 -0400 Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net ([204.127.202.55]:19918 "EHLO sccrmhc11.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264213AbUDSIOO (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 04:14:14 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.5 pts problem From: Albert Cahalan To: linux-kernel mailing list Cc: joshk@triplehelix.org, midian@ihme.org, hpa@zytor.com Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1082353929.850.126.camel@cube> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 19 Apr 2004 01:52:09 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 729 Lines: 20 >> As you see, pts is just growing, not using the old used numbers. > > The implementation was changed intentionally to make > it that way. The numbers will only be recycled once we > go over the max number of psuedoterminals, I think.. You can also recycle the numbers by rebooting. That's what I do. :-/ (I can't be spending 10% of my disk on a giant wtmp file. Also, I use the tty names for xterm titles now. If they get too big, the GNOME taskbar button titles get truncated.) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/