Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!ames!mailrus!rutgers!mtunx!mtune!icus!lenny From: lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: NWINDOWS in /etc/master, can I increase it? Keywords: number of windows, /dev/window Message-ID: <374@icus.UUCP> Date: 31 May 88 00:53:11 GMT Organization: ICUS Computer Group, Islip, NY Lines: 46 I was peeking around in my /etc/master file the other day, and I noticed these parameters... * * Window parameters follow * nwindows number of windows * nol number of obscurred pieces per system (oldefs) * pxmapsize number of pixel map slots (see lwind/wd.c now) * pxmemsize number of bytes of pixel memory (in virtual space) * ndl number of display list items (used in wrastop()) * nwindows NWINDOWS 12 nol NOL (NWINDOWS*40) pxmemsize PXMEMSIZE (256*1024) ndl NDL 400 Is it possible to increase NWINDOWS to something greater than 12, say 15 or 20. I changed this, removed /etc/lddrv/wind and rebooted my machine in hopes that the number of windows would be dynamically increased when the driver was rebound. I also did this: for wind in 13 14 15 do /etc/mknod /dev/w${wind} 7 ${wind} done When I rebooted and created 12 windows with "windy -b ksh", on the 13th one it said: open(): No such device or address I pressed "SUSPD" and it said "Out of windows... please close some windows; please wait..." Why doesn't the window driver look at /etc/master? What good is /etc/master if it doesn't? -Lenny -- US MAIL : Lenny Tropiano, ICUS Computer Group IIIII CCC U U SSS PO Box 1 I C U U S Islip Terrace, New York 11752 I C U U SS PHONE : (516) 968-8576 [H] (516) 582-5525 [W] I C U U S TELEX : 154232428 [ICUS] IIIII CCC UUU SSS AT&T MAIL: ...attmail!icus!lenny UUCP : ...{mtune, ihnp4, boulder, talcott, sbcs, bc-cis}!icus!lenny