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Subject: [Q] bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable ?
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I am using FreeBSD2.2-970625-RELENG. In /etc/rc.local I use
/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm& to start the XWindows and AfterStep as my
XWin manager. I start 9 rxvt after I login. Even with 64M RAM
sometimes (not all the time) I get this kind of error message:

bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable

Does anyone has any idea what is going on?