Open files too many/maxed; how to allow more?
My default gnome and enlightenment together open 1070 files according to lsof.
Running two other X servers for my wife and child, my Debian Linux
computer has 2800 open files according to lsof.
I must kill programs to reduce the number of open files, or else
requests like
ls -1 |wc
respond about "Too many open files".
Obviously, I would like to increase the allowable number of open files.
I saw reference to RLIMIT_NOFILE in the kernel source,
but I didn't immediately deduce how to use it or alter it.
www.dejanews.com mentioned a patch, though I would hope I could just
change a parameter somewhere.
So, How can I increase the allowed number of open files above 2800?
Thank You,
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Jim Burt, NJ9L, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
jameson@mnsinc.com http://www.mnsinc.com/jameson
jameson@pressroom.com (703) 235-5213 ext. 132 (work)
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