Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 16:23:06 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: raver <raver@hosting.sytes.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open-motif installation Message-ID: <20040109161948.L24587@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20040109222707.GA35687@goa.freejamaica.servebeer.com> References: <20040108012424.GL650@goa.freejamaica.servebeer.com> <20040109222707.GA35687@goa.freejamaica.servebeer.com>
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, raver wrote: > > You seem to be hitting the # of files resource limit. While this is > > running do 'sysctl kern.openfiles' and see if it is getting close to > > the > > value of 'sysctl kern.maxfiles'. If it is then you need to increase > > kern.maxfiles and kern.maxfilesperproc. > > > > I checked kern.maxfilesperproc and its value is 324 by default, so I > increase it up to 20000, the same value as kern.maxfiles. You may need to use the limit or ulimit command to raise your # of files limit for your session after doing this (since it inherits the value at process creation). You might also check that to see what the current setting is. I remember running into that limit in the past, the motif build does something lame that loads a huge number of manpages for some odd reason. > # sysctl -a kern | grep files > kern.maxfiles: 20000 > kern.maxfilesperproc: 20000 > kern.openfiles: 225 > > Then I install open-motif showing the value of kern.openfiles during > the process. That value never got further than 600 but I > > # while ( 1 ) > while? sysctl kern.openfiles && sleep 2 > while? end > kern.openfiles: 224 > kern.openfiles: 232 > kern.openfiles: 236 > kern.openfiles: 235 > kern.openfiles: 226 > kern.openfiles: 228 > kern.openfiles: 228 > kern.openfiles: 228 > kern.openfiles: 228 > kern.openfiles: 228 > kern.openfiles: 228 > kern.openfiles: 250 > kern.openfiles: 541 > kern.openfiles: 219 > kern.openfiles: 219 > kern.openfiles: 219 > > Cheers, > > > -- > > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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