Hi Lucas, Just a couple of suggestions. You may have tried these already.
Run the following command in an xterm bash -c "ulimit -n" It should return '1024' on a sane setup. Try 'xlsclients -d :0' and see if the list makes sense (probably already did this). Check $HOME/.xsession-errors for anything interesting. Try selecting a different window manager when you fire up a new session -- perhaps Gnome is fubared and is eating resources. Make sure you kill the xserver between tests (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) just to make sure you're starting 'fresh'. Another diagnostic step you could try is to create a new user and see if the problem persists under the virgin account. That would allow you to narrow the scope of your problem to a system config prob, or a user config prob. -- Brad On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Lucas J Barbuto wrote: > I've still not solved the problem, it's not just the browser, I > encounter the same issue just trying to open more than four terminals > (four anythings it seems). > > I've found a couple of posts on the topic but no resolutions, one to > debian-user[1] in December 2003 from Norman Walsh and one bug report[2] > filed against xserver-xfree86 but closed by Brandon due to lack of > response from the person who filed it. Personally, I'm not cluey enough > to know which program or package is causing the problem. > > [1] > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=debian+xlib+maximum+clients+reached&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=14Amh-3E2-7%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=1 > [2] > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=debian+xlib+maximum+clients+reached&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=listgate3.20030102011005%245fe9%40added-at.bofh.it&rnum=3 > > Can anyone shed some light on this? I'm really struggling to use my > machine productively given this restriction and I have work to do :( > > Debian Unstable (Sid), Linux 2.4.20, Gnome 2.4.1 > > ii xserver-common 4.3.0-3 files and utilities common to all X servers > ii xserver-xfree8 4.3.0-3 the XFree86 X server > > Please? > -- Brad Sawatzky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Virginia Physics Department Ph: (434) 924-6580 Fax: (434) 924-7909 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]