Re: Xlib: Maximum number of clients reached
Hi Lucas,
Just a couple of suggestions. You may have tried these already.
Run the following command in an xterm
bash -c "ulimit -n"
It should return '1024' on a sane setup.
Try 'xlsclients -d :0' and see if the list makes sense (probably already
did this).
Check $HOME/.xsession-errors for anything interesting.
Try selecting a different window manager when you fire up a new session --
perhaps Gnome is fubared and is eating resources.
Make sure you kill the xserver between tests (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) just to
make sure you're starting 'fresh'.
Another diagnostic step you could try is to create a new user and see if
the problem persists under the virgin account. That would allow you to
narrow the scope of your problem to a system config prob, or a user config
prob.
-- Brad
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Lucas J Barbuto wrote:
> I've still not solved the problem, it's not just the browser, I
> encounter the same issue just trying to open more than four terminals
> (four anythings it seems).
>
> I've found a couple of posts on the topic but no resolutions, one to
> debian-user[1] in December 2003 from Norman Walsh and one bug report[2]
> filed against xserver-xfree86 but closed by Brandon due to lack of
> response from the person who filed it. Personally, I'm not cluey enough
> to know which program or package is causing the problem.
>
> [1] http://groups.google.com/groups?q=debian+xlib+maximum+clients+reached&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=14Amh-3E2-7%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=1
> [2] http://groups.google.com/groups?q=debian+xlib+maximum+clients+reached&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=listgate3.20030102011005%245fe9%40added-at.bofh.it&rnum=3
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this? I'm really struggling to use my
> machine productively given this restriction and I have work to do :(
>
> Debian Unstable (Sid), Linux 2.4.20, Gnome 2.4.1
>
> ii xserver-common 4.3.0-3 files and utilities common to all X servers
> ii xserver-xfree8 4.3.0-3 the XFree86 X server
>
> Please?
>
--
Brad Sawatzky <bds9e@virginia.edu>
University of Virginia Physics Department
Ph: (434) 924-6580 Fax: (434) 924-7909
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