Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:08:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Haavard Vaagstoel <havardjv@gudmund.vgs.no> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: proc: table is full Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808120007320.28795-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808101338150.3003-100000@gealach.myst.no>
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On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Haavard Vaagstoel wrote: > I got the following message while trying to install the port for > xlockmore (it actually occured during the registration of the > installation): > > cannot fork > /kernel: proc: table is full > > In case it can be of any help, "uname -a" shows: > > FreeBSD gealach.myst.no 2.2.7-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE #0: Sun Aug 9 > 16:57:47 CEST 1998 root@gealach.myst.no:/usr/src/sys/compile/GEALACH > i386 > > > The problem has occured several times while compiling. What do I need to > do to prevent it from happening again? You're hitting user limits Run 'unlimit' (or your shell equivalent) to release the limits to the max for your login class. If that doesn't help hack /etc/login.conf. Don't forget to rebuild it's database! Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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