On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 20:34 -0700, Aaron Burt wrote: > On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 08:14:46PM -0700, MJang wrote: > > For some reason, I can't find / (or google) the limit on the number of > > terminals that you can open in a GUI. I assume the limit is on the > > number of CLIs (e.g. if the limit is 100, I assume that I could open ten > > terminals with 10 tabs each). I presume the limit is in some > > configuration file someplace. Which file would it be? > > An XTerm session uses a pts device (in /dev/pts). I don't know of a limit > to the number of pts (other than max open files, /proc/sys/fs/file-max), > but I think each pts uses a pty, which is limited by > /proc/sys/kernel/pty/max > > me@myhost:~$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/pty/max > 4096 > > Just curious, why do you ask?
Ahhhhh, that makes sense. It would incorporate remote connections too (ssh, telnet, etc.) I'm actually in the middle of writing a book for Solaris 11 (yeah I know, I should be at OOW now, but that's another story). But you've given me enough of a clue to point me to pt_cnt in /etc/system, which if I understand correctly, has been dynamically allocated since Solaris 8, starting with 48 and going up. Appreciate your help! Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
