From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Nov 29 9: 3:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-187.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.187]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E711B37B402 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:03:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.0/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eATHAPF30134; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:10:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200011291710.eATHAPF30134@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Peter Lai Cc: "'Chris Stenton '" , "'freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG '" Subject: Re: file: table is full In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 29 Nov 2000 04:26:58 EST." <9F36E367710D474E9806AA393FE737FB019EDA@resnetnt.resnet.uconn.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:10:25 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Er, no it doesn't. This means you have too many open files in the system. If 'maxusers' is less than 128, bump that up first. Then you can try defining MAXFILES in your config file if you still hit the limit; check the output of 'sysctl kern.maxfiles' to find what it's currently at. > this happens when the dmesg buffer fills up before it dumps them to > dmesg.yesterday > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Stenton > To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Sent: 11/29/2000 4:16 AM > Subject: file: table is full > > > I've just got pages of the following kernel error messages > > > hawk kernel log messages: > > > file: table is full > > file: table is full > > > Is there a kernel parameter I can tune to stop this happening? > > > > > Chris > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message