screen - not enough PTYs Debian 6

adriancat

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Hi

I've been trying to find a solution to this problem. I'm currently got a fresh image of Debian 6 32bit on my vps. Everything was fine except I can't get screen to work.

I've checked the permissions on the /dev they all have read/write permission

Code: :~$ ls -l /dev/ptmxcrw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 2 Jul 31 07:35 /dev/ptmx:~$ ls -l /dev/pty*crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 0 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptyp0crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 1 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptyp1crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 2 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptyp2crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 3 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptyp3crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 4 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptyp4crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 5 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptyp5crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 6 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptyp6crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 7 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptyp7crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 8 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptyp8crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 9 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptyp9crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 10 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptypacrw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 11 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptypbcrw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 12 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptypccrw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 13 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptypdcrw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 14 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptypecrw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 2, 15 Jul 31 01:19 /dev/ptypfMy vps is an OpenVZ so I checked if my provider limited my PTY sessions

numpty is set to like 500000 some absurd number. I've only had 3 ssh sessions going before.

Anyone face this situation on a Debian openvz vps?
 
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