My default gnome and enlightenment together open 1070 files according to lsof. Running two other X servers for my wife and child, my Debian Linux computer has 2800 open files according to lsof. I must kill programs to reduce the number of open files, or else requests like ls -1 |wc respond about "Too many open files".
Obviously, I would like to increase the allowable number of open files. I saw reference to RLIMIT_NOFILE in the kernel source, but I didn't immediately deduce how to use it or alter it. www.dejanews.com mentioned a patch, though I would hope I could just change a parameter somewhere. So, How can I increase the allowed number of open files above 2800? Thank You, -- Jim Burt, NJ9L, Fairfax, Virginia, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mnsinc.com/jameson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (703) 235-5213 ext. 132 (work)
