From owner-freebsd-current Mon Aug 10 07:30:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA16175 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 07:30:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vortex.starix.net (vortex.starix.net [208.219.83.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA16165 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 07:30:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from syko@sykotik.org) Received: from localhost (syko@localhost) by vortex.starix.net (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA31768; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:26:52 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: vortex.starix.net: syko owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:26:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Dusk Auriel Sykotik X-Sender: syko@vortex.starix.net To: Mike Smith cc: Amancio Hasty , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reminder : can't fork In-Reply-To: <199808100522.WAA09698@antipodes.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hmmm, do you have any idea what errno is being set to after the problem occurs? That could point to a reason. After fork() (and many other functions) fail, they set the variable errno to the error that they've hit. `man fork` for details. /* ** Matt Harris Syko ** BPSOFH, BIOFH, C, SQL, PERL http://www.sykotik.org/~syko/ ** FreeBSD SysAdmin sykotik.org ** IRC TechnoNet - dark.technonet.net Cabalnet - dark-temple.cabalnet.org ** "Those who are right in the mind are left in the dust." -- Me. */ On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > Pilot error is for sure a possibility however it does not explain why > > sendmail dies when I am compiling mozilla from my account. I think that > > this problem has been reported by other users. > > "Cannot fork" is either "too many processess (for you or the system in > toto)" or some other resource starvation. > > If you're not out of memory or file descriptors, then you've hit the > limit on the maximum number of processes. > > Let's guess that this is a FAQ; what is the value of 'maxusers' in your > kernel config? > > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message