Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:53:21 -0800 From: Ben Lovett <blovett@happypacket.com> To: "Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net LLC" <chad@pengar.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "no more processes" Message-ID: <20010219135320.A2560@happypacket.com> In-Reply-To: <3336257933.982588801@[192.168.99.123]>; from chad@pengar.com on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 01:20:01PM -0500 References: <3336257933.982588801@[192.168.99.123]>
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Hello Chad, Try increasing your "maxusers" value in your kernel to something higher than 32, like 64, 128, etc.. But I think it must be a multiple of 32 (please correct me if I am wrong). -ben Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net LLC (chad@pengar.com) wrote: > Hi All > > I am running 4.2-RELEASE on a dual Celeron system. The system is mainly > running a few versions of Roxen (www.roxen.com) web server, mySQL database, > and various perl and other CGIs. Very little actual user login occurs. > > The system had been up about 2 weeks when I logged in last night and > started getting "no more processes" messages for any command I typed that > was not built into the shell. Additional SSH connections failed. > Processes, like Roxen and mySQL that were already running and not forking, > continued to run. Logging out of my SSH session and logging into the > console I was able to reboot. > > I figured that my new kernel needed some parameters changed in it and went > to the kernel config files. But I am not sure what parameters to look at. > Looking in LINT I didn't see any parameters that appear to influence > process table sizes etc. I have vague memories in 2.2.x of having such > parameters. > > Can someone provide me with some hints or pointers to docs that would help > me understand in detail what was probably happening and what precautions I > should take to make sure it does not happen again? > > Thanks > Chad > Shire.Net LLC > > > Pengar Enterprises, Inc. and Shire.Net LLC > Web and Macintosh Consulting -- full service web hosting > Chad Leigh > chad@pengar.com chad@shire.net > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ben Lovett printf("Hello world!); don4r return 0; don4r@bsdguru.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Remember, even if you win the rat race -- you're still a rat. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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