Interesting. I just looked, it shows I have ~40 free open files left, so maybe that's it.
What sort of side effects might arise from allowing 4x the number of open files, if any? On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 08:14:01 -0700, Stefan O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 10:57:04AM -0400, Mike Ward wrote: > > Well, it obviously varies, but I just ran "lsof | wc -l" and it returned: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsof | wc -l > > 6335 > > > > I'll try running that next time I run into problems as well. > > > > > > Kernel version is 2.2.20-idepci > Won't lsof report duped handles multiple times? > > sudo cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr > > Three numbers: total allocated open files, free open-files, maximum open-files. > > When you get the error, type 'dmesg' and look for: > > VFS: file-max limit 4096 reached > > (The number may differ) > > If that is the error, you can change the max: > > (AS_ROOT) echo 16384 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max > > This: > grow_inodes: inode-max limit reached > > Calls for: > > echo 65536 > /proc/sys/fs/inode-max > > (Change the exact numbers as needed, both examples are 4x the default) > > > > > > What kernel version are you using and what is the output of: > > > > > > lsof | wc -l > > -- > The world's most effective spam filter: > ln -sf /dev/full /var/mail/$USER > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
