Yes, it woulds like there's a bug in Pd... is it possible to reduce your patch to a reasonably simple test case that causes the problem?
thanks Miller On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 07:54:23PM +0100, Claude Heiland-Allen wrote: > > > On 21/05/18 19:35, ub@xdv wrote: > > hello, > > > > On 20.05.2018 06:50, Liam Goodacre wrote: > > > In 0.48.1 on Ubuntu, I'm getting a horrible scenario where PD refuses to > > > open patches or create any more abstractions for me. I get an error > > > message saying "too many open files". Granted I have a lot open, but > > > this is a serious problem as it means I can't access all of my old > > > performances. They worked fine in 0.47. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > this is not really a problem with pd > > I disagree. The most common cause of "too many open files" is a bug in > closing files properly, because 1024 simultaneously-open files should be > enough for most use cases. > > > Claude > > > , but with your shell- or system > > configuration limiting the number of open file descriptors. > > > > check your current shell-limit with > > ulimit -Sn > > -S is for soft limit (you can lower, but not raise, the hard limit). > > raise the limit in your shell with > > ulimit -n 65536 > > start pd from that shell and see if the situation improves. > > > > if that doesn't help, you can check the kernel limits with > > cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr > > which returns 3 numbers, the first of which is the number of open files, > > the last of which is the limit. > > > > increase the value of "nofile" in /etc/security/limits.conf > > do > > sudo sysctl -p > > > > additional steps are required to make these settings permanent, the > > ulimit -n 65536 would have to go into your .bashrc so it's executed at > > system startup. if you normally start pd from your GUI you'd have to > > restart your system (actually just xorg) so your master shell knows > > about the new value. there's other ways, one of which would be to start > > pd from a wrapper script, or probably gnome provides that sort of > > environmental setup for it's program shortcuts. > > > > there's more information > > - > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/162229/how-do-i-increase-the-open-files-limit-for-a-non-root-user > > - > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/29577/ulimit-difference-between-hard-and-soft-limits > > > > hope that helps ... cheers, > > ub > > > > > Liam > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > -- > https://mathr.co.uk > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list