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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]