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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.sandia.gov!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov!newshost.lanl.gov!not-for-mail From: mccrory@erebus.fc.dna.mil (Roy A.Mccrory) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: running out of processes? :-( Date: 11 Nov 1995 09:59:17 -0700 Organization: 7dragon Enterprises, Encircling the Globe Lines: 19 Message-ID: <482kp5$35a@erebus.fc.dna.mil> References: <47vjal$coa@yama.mcc.ac.uk> Reply-To: mccrory@plk.af.mil NNTP-Posting-Host: erebus.fc.dna.mil In article <47vjal$coa@yama.mcc.ac.uk>, Ian Pallfreeman <ip@mcc.ac.uk> wrote: > >Alas, I think I'm stuck. I habitually have half-a-dozen xloads, clock, xeyes, >and a variable number of xterms onto the various machines I babysit for a >living. And I'm pretty sure I'm running out of processes, since I'm getting >fork() failures with "resource temporarily unavailable". > >Ian. >-- I had this problem with my 2.0.5 system and added 2 options to my kernel config file: - options "CHILD_MAX=60" - - options "OPEN_MAX=55". On my system the defaults were 40/35 respectively. Found them in two of the kernel *.h files, if memory serves. -- |Viva Nuevo Mexico, Lindo y Querido! | Viva FreeBSD!!!