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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Daniel Fisher <dfisher@vt.edu>
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Subject: Re: problems with 5.2.1 install
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 06:15:19PM -0500, Daniel Fisher wrote:
> I just did a clean install of 5.2.1 and I'm having several problems.
>=20
> 1) processes are getting stuck in ttywri
>=20
> They eventually finish running, but the machine will sit for several minu=
tes=20
> with no load.
>=20
> 2) I'm getting the kernel error: kern.maxpipekva exceeded,
>    please see tuning(7)
>=20
> I know I can up the value using sysctl, but I guess the default value is =
set=20
> too low.
>=20
> 3) I'm getting the error: Pipe call failed: Too many open
>    files in system, when I do things like make clean.
>=20
> Changing the kern.maxfiles doesn't seem to fix this problem.

Your root problem might be 2); address it and see whether the others
fall into line.

Kris

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