tried ulimit then running it again ulimit tells me it's 'unlimited' i think that max files part should do the trick :)
thank you all for the support -eD On 9/20/06, Otto Moerbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Nico Meijer wrote: > Hey Edgar, > > > any of you guys experienced firefox closing? > > Not when not pushing that nice little X on the top right corner, no. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ firefox > > mork error: Too many open files > > mork error: Too many open files > > What does `sysctl kern.maxfiles` say? My guess is 1772. Try increasing > that number, say, tenfold: `sysctl kern.maxfiles=17720`. > > Read the FAQ and `man sysctl.conf`, because you'll need that file. > > HTH... Nico This is probably not a system wide limit being reached, but a per-process limit. One way is changing your login-class to staff to raise this limit. See login.conf(5). -Otto