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From: james@soho-stl.com (James Bass)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: File: Table is full?
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 02:03:19 GMT
Organization: Soho Saint Louis
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Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> wrote:

>James Bass wrote:
>> 
>> Hello!  I am kinda new to freebsd, and I have a question...
>> I am running a web server, and it is apache.  I run it from inetd.  I
>> have a p-133 w/32Megs of ram...  okay!  everytime i look at dmesg or
>> the error logs, it says httpd pid xxx uid 0 exited on signal 11
>> kernel: File: table is full!  Okay, I recompiled the kernel before,
>> using the Generic one and removing everything I didnt need.  ALSO I
>> added the two oprions in the kernel for MAX_CHILD_whatever and set it
>> at 200...  the MAX_FILES open or whatever i set to 200!  Actually I
>> set them as high as 1000 once and no difference...  anyone have a
>> clue???
>> 

>This may have to do with running it under inetd instead of standalone as 
>FreeBSD and Apache are both set up to do. My server is running a 486DX-50 
>with 32 MB RAM, and is happily running Apache 1.0.5 in standalone mode, 
>with no trouble.

>As I recall, the Apache docs specified some adjustments to the 
>configuration to run under inetd; you may have trouble if you didn't make 
>the changes. You may need to download the original package from 
>http://www.apache.org and compile that after reconfiguring for inetd.

>You may prefer to go back to standalone mode instead. It responds a 
>little faster that way, and keeps a few child servers idle in case of 
>simultaneous requests.

>I hope this helps!

>Ken

Thanks Ken!  I will move it to standalone mode...  I was thinkin'
about doin' it anyway....  Thanks for the info!

James

James@soho-stl.com