Re: Too Many Open Files On System
Yeah, I rarely use IE, actually. Just to test html and such, maybe
once a week or so. I use Firefox 9.x or sometimes Opera.
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:44:13 -0600, Paul E Condon
<pecondon@mesanetworks.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 10:00:35PM -0500, Ken Januski wrote:
> > Mike Ward wrote:
> >
> > >Firstly, I apologize for having no real details on this.
> > >
> > >I'm running Debian Unstable, and seemingly randomly, I'll go to run a
> > >program or save a file or what not, and I'll get an error to the
> > >effect of "too many open files on system". In one case, I rebooted to
> > >try and solve this, and within 5 minutes of starting X, it started
> > >that again.
> > >
> > >That brings me to the next part - Sometimes (often), it seems that
> > >it's a simple case of shutting down another program. In the
> > >aforementioned case, it was Internet Explorer running under Crossover
> > >Office. Another one was when "ls" returned "Segmentation Fault" while
> > >I ran "tail -f" on the apache error log. If I shut down tail, it
> > >worked fine. Started tailing again, and again "ls" would Seg Fault,
> > >but after a reboot, it's never happened again.
> > >
> > >In a bit of frustration, I didn't think to write down what file (ugh),
> > >but some commands and programs would say that a certian library
> > >couldn't be opened. That also is usually soved by shutting down a
> > >program that seemingly has nothing to do with the one that's reporting
> > >the problem.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Again, I apologize for having next to no *real* information on this
> > >problem, but I will indeed post back with some now that it's become a
> > >problem rather than a minor annoyance. Any ideas are appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I don't have an answer just a similar experience. But I did discover
> > that it was over 100 nmbd samba files, discovered through use of ps,
> > that gave me the clue.
> >
> > I never did discover what spawned all the nmbd processes. But they were
> > the source of the too many open files errors I believe. On the other
> > hand maybe i was wrong and someone will correct/enlighten me.
> >
> >
>
> Look at the program lsof (LiStOpenFiles). lsof lists open files and
> the processes that are holding them open. lsof output should help you
> figure out which process/program is causing the problem. I, of course,
> suspect Internet Explorer. It doesn't come from a source that I
> trust. You can install Mozilla Firefox, or Opera, which is non-free,
> on unstable. Both work fine in Sarge, which I'm using.
>
> --
> Paul E Condon
> pecondon@mesanetworks.net
>
>
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
>
>
Reply to: