Rob Hudson wrote: > rob at laptop:~$ lsof | grep pts > > What's that tell you? Tells me not very many ptys are in use. Either there's a permission problem such that xterm and friends can't open a pty, or there are very few ptys (just one) available. -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com kbob at jogger-egg.com