From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 16 00:56:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E3BF16A405 for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 00:56:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@bafirst.com) Received: from bafirst.com (72-12-2-214.wan.networktel.net [72.12.2.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EB7443D45 for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 00:56:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eculp@bafirst.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by bafirst.com with local; Mon, 15 May 2006 19:56:24 -0500 id 000958BD.44692338.00014326 Received: from dsl-201-138-84-96.prod-infinitum.com.mx (dsl-201-138-84-96.prod-infinitum.com.mx [201.138.84.96]) by mail.bafirst.com (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Mon, 15 May 2006 19:56:24 -0500 Message-ID: <20060515195624.ey6r3923kgocg48w@mail.bafirst.com> Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 19:56:24 -0500 From: eculp@bafirst.com To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20060515195007.22AF9294BB@mail.bitblocks.com> In-Reply-To: <20060515195007.22AF9294BB@mail.bitblocks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 4.1-cvs Subject: Re: linux emulation file descriptor leakage -current? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 00:56:25 -0000 Quoting Bakul Shah : >> same problem with skype here (fresh 7.0-CURRENT + fresh gnome) >> I was forced to increase kern.maxfiles to make my system alive. > > This won't help as skype will eat up all available > descriptors. Limiting the descriptors resource in the parent > shell of skype prevents it from running away. do you mean in /usr/X11R6/bin/skype ? I'm not sure that I know how to limit the descriptors unless it would be with ulimit -n. If so, how many descriptors are you using to keep it running without running away? Thanks a lot and please excuse my lack of knowledge in this case. ed > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >