Hi.

I have compiled a new kernel in Slackware 9.1, and after a few complete crash and burns (heh), I have managed to make version 2.6.7 work quite well. There is only one problem I can see:

When I start X after a fresh reboot, then open a terminal and run the command 'who', I see that terminal register as pts/0. That's normal, however when I close that terminal again and then re-open it, it registers as pts/1 even though it should still have been pts/0. After opening and closing the terminal 8 times, it would have registered as pts/8, even though it's the only terminal open at the time and I'm the only user logged into the system. When running kernel 2.4.22 this doesn't happen. The number doesn't increase unless pts/0 is busy. I'll have to reboot for it to start at 0 again. The system is a full install. Nothing relevant has been upgraded but the kernel.

Is this problem serious?

Regards
Ingvald Johansen

I am getting the same thing to BUT as long as the previous pts/X is closed THEN it should be fine. That is just my gut feeling.

Kernel guru anyone?

Well it's funny, for my part I log in X from tty6 and when I run multiple xterm or one by one at one time, the who command issues always tty6

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but I get the same behaviour than you when I start xterm from another xterm

I'm far from a guru, but I think I recall seeing something in the forums here about the 2.6 kernels not reusing the numbers, but just keep adding another one each time. So for as far I know it is intended behavior...