severity 256129 wishlist reassign 256129 xfree86 retitle 256129 xfree86: xlibs reports "Maximum number of clients reached" merge 233569 256129 thanks On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 05:30:40PM +1000, Lucas Barbuto wrote: > Package: xlibs > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-5 > Severity: normal > File: xlib > > Hi, > > For some months I've been experiencing this problem with (I think) > xlibs. After a few days running X, I run out of client resources, I can > no longer create new X clients. The message I receive is as follows: > > ************************************************************************ > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Maximum number of clients reached > aterm: can't open display :0.0 > ************************************************************************ > > I can confirm that other users have experienced this problem, you could > probably find references to it on debian-user. > > My current workaround is just to log out of my X session and log back > in, this gives me a few more days, but it means I have to take the time > again to setup my windows just so. You're basically asking for the maximum number of clients supported by the X *server* to be increased. The fact that Xlib can't force the X server to accept more clients than the X server is configured to is not a bug in Xlib. (In fact, it would be a pretty easy DoS attack if it could.) I am merging this bug with an existing one. It is not likely to be fixed soon, unfortunately; please see the logs of #233569. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Ab abusu ad usum non valet branden@debian.org | consequentia. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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