Re: Gnome runs out of sockets without sound?

[Martin Bialasinski <martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>]

>> "Graham" == Graham Williams <Graham.Williams@cmis.csiro.au> wrote:

Graham> All works great, of course, except Gnome seems to be trying to
Graham> open some audio device (I haven't compiled any kernels and I
Graham> don't think my Sound Blaster Pro compatible card is supported
Graham> in the kernel I have?), failing, then gets into a loop trying
Graham> to open sockets, eventually failing by hitting the maximum
Graham> open file limit?

I have seen this before, and it was not a GNOME package, but rather
iplogger (or a package for a similar purpose) that caused this effect.

Check this and remove the package for a test.

Ciao,
	Martin