xgterm out of ptys?

[C. Linus Hicks]

On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 22:47, Gordon Campbell wrote:
> I've just run across a problem that I need to fix for my department head
> ASAP.
> 
> He's planning to use an astronimical image processing package called IRAF
> that  relies upon xgterm for funtionality. The problem is that when you
> try to run xgterm on his machine it hesitate, then reports that there are
> "no more available ptys".
> 
> I'm completely stumped by this and haven't been able to find anythint
> recent to help. He's running Core 2, completely up to date, on a Dell
> Inspiron 8200. I checked my desktop machine, also running up to date Core
> 2, and it has the identical issue. Two other Core 1 machines don't have
> the problem.
> 
> I'd be most grateful for any information or pointers. Thanks.

It may be a permissions issue. Have you checked /dev/pty* to see if they
are read/write for the user in question?
-- 
C. Linus Hicks <lhicks at nc.rr.com>