Subject: Re: [vserver] X/dev/ptsX messages
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:02:07 +0100

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:04:35PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> Hello, all.  We're now finally in the midst of combining VServer and
> X2Go as the centerpiece of our new project.  

good to hear!

> I am seeing quite a number of these messages in /var/log/messages on
> the VServer host:

> vd01 kernel: vxW: [XpsX,26581:#40002|40002|40002] did lookup hidden devpts:ffff88041a8d5440[#0,2]
X/dev/ptsX.

> Pardon my ignorance but what is it telling me? Thanks - John

that a process (ps, pid 26581) from a context (40002)
did lookup a pts entry belonging to a different context
(in this case the host)

usually happens only when you 'enter' a guest ...

best,
Herbert

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