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At 01:08 PM 4/11/2002 -0400, you wrote: >gack! well i'm both proud and disappointed to say this is the first >time redhat 7.2 has TOTALLY LOCKED up on me. > >"Too many open files in system" was the response to any command, >including ps or reboot! > >how would i gather more information if/when this happens to me again? i >really hate having had to press reset without shedding any further light >on what happened. i'm not particularly enticed by the notion of kernel >hacking right now, but if there were a useful way to gather relevant >information, without having to read into volumes of documentation >regarding kernel hacking, perhaps i should know.. > >what happened was my keyboard and mouse suddenly locked up, ignoring >even my attempts to switch to Ctrl-Alt-F1 or Ctrl-Alt-F2. surprisingly, >i was able to get in via ssh from another machine, but then attempts to >do even ps or reboot just gave "Too many open files in system". > >what i was doing was interacting with ximian evolution. yeah yeah i >know redhat doesn't support it. but i thought i could be proud that >wayward apps generally can't bring down linux. looks like maybe that's >not completely true. > >is it actually likely that i need a kernel with capability for more open >files? i'm running the stock redhat 7.2 kernel. at the time, i was >running a rather typical (for me) array of apps.. ximian desktop, >ximian evolution, galeon, kde 3.0-beta-2, konqueror, konsole, several >bash invocations, screen, a couple ssh invocations, and my usual array >of system services, like what's running now, to wit: > >j000 TTY SESS TPGID PGRP PPID PID STARTED WCHAN STAT COMMAND >j001 ? 1 -1 1 0 8 11:41:11 kupdat SW [kupdated] >j002 ? 1 -1 1 0 7 11:41:11 bdflus SW [bdflush] >j003 ? 1 -1 1 0 6 11:41:11 krecla SW [kreclaimd] >j004 ? 1 -1 1 0 5 11:41:11 kswapd SW [kswapd] >j005 ? 1 -1 1 0 4 11:41:11 ksofti >SWN [ksoftirqd_CPU0] >j006 ? 0 -1 0 0 1 11:41:11 do_sel S init >j007 ? 1 -1 1 1 2 11:41:11 contex SW [keventd] >k008 ? 1 -1 1 1 3 11:41:11 apm_ma >SW [kapm-idled] >k009 ? 1 -1 1 1 9 11:41:18 md_thr >SW< [mdrecoveryd] >k010 ? 1 -1 1 1 13 11:41:19 end SW [kjournald] >k011 ? 1 -1 1 1 88 11:41:22 end SW [khubd] >j012 tty1 410 410 410 1 410 11:51:00 read_c >S /sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1 >j013 tty2 411 1432 411 1 411 11:51:00 wait4 S login -- g >j014 tty2 411 1432 1432 411 1432 12:05:35 read_c S -bash >j015 tty3 412 412 412 1 412 11:51:00 read_c >S /sbin/mingetty --noclear tty3 >j016 tty4 413 413 413 1 413 11:51:00 read_c >S /sbin/mingetty --noclear tty4 >j017 tty9 414 414 414 1 414 11:51:00 read_c >S /sbin/mingetty --noclear tty9 >j018 tty10 415 415 415 1 415 11:51:00 read_c >S /sbin/mingetty --noclear tty10 >j019 ? 445 -1 445 1 445 11:51:00 do_sel S syslogd >-m 0 >j020 ? 450 -1 450 1 450 11:51:00 do_sys S klogd -2 >j021 ? 858 -1 858 1 858 11:51:10 do_sel >S /usr/sbin/sshd >j022 ? 877 -1 877 1 877 11:51:10 rt_sig S named >-u named >j023 ? 877 -1 877 877 879 11:51:10 do_pol S named >-u named >j024 ? 877 -1 877 879 880 11:51:10 rt_sig >S named -u named >j025 ? 877 -1 877 879 881 11:51:10 nanosl >S named -u named >j026 ? 877 -1 877 879 882 11:51:10 do_sel >S named -u named >j027 ? 912 -1 912 1 912 11:51:11 do_sel >S sendmail: accepting connections >j028 ? 956 -1 956 1 956 11:51:12 do_sel >S /usr/sbin/dhcpd >j029 ttyS4 959 959 959 1 959 11:51:12 do_sel S pppd >call provider >j030 ? 992 -1 992 1 992 11:51:13 do_sel S smbd -D >j031 ? 998 -1 998 1 998 11:51:13 do_sel S nmbd -D >j032 ? 998 -1 998 998 999 11:51:13 pipe_w S nmbd -D >j033 ? 1017 -1 1017 1 1017 11:51:13 do_sel S xinetd >-stayalive -reuse -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid >j034 ? 1074 -1 1074 1 1074 11:51:17 nanosl S gpm -t >ps/2 -m /dev/mouse >j035 ? 1092 -1 1092 1 1092 11:51:17 nanosl S crond >j036 ? 1180 -1 1180 1 1200 11:51:57 >wait4 S /bin/bash /etc/init.d/conman pppconnected >j037 ? 1180 -1 1180 1200 2440 12:59:18 nanosl S sleep 180 >j038 ? 1221 -1 1221 1 1221 11:52:05 nanosl >S fetchmail --syslog -v -d 180 >j039 ? 1230 -1 1230 1 1230 11:52:05 do_sel SL ntpd -U ntp >j040 ? 1332 -1 1411 1 1411 12:05:25 do_sel S xfs >-droppriv -daemon >j041 ? 1421 -1 1421 1 1421 12:05:26 do_pol >S /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon >j042 ? 1421 -1 1426 1421 1426 12:05:26 pipe_w >S /usr/bin/gdm -nodaemon >j043 ? 1421 -1 1427 1426 1427 12:05:26 do_sel >S /etc/X11/X :0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth >j044 ? 1421 -1 1426 1426 1431 12:05:29 do_pol >S /usr/bin/gdmlogin --disable-sound --disable-crash-dialog >j045 tty2 411 1432 1468 1 1469 12:05:43 wait4 S -bash >j046 tty2 411 1432 1468 1469 1471 12:05:43 wait4 S xinit >/usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1 >j047 ? 411 -1 1472 1471 1472 12:05:43 >- R /etc/X11/X :1 >j048 tty2 411 1432 1475 1471 1475 12:05:44 do_pol >S /usr/bin/gnome-session >j049 ? 1480 -1 1480 1 1480 12:05:45 do_sel >S gnome-smproxy --sm-client-id default0 >j050 ? 1484 -1 1484 1 1484 12:05:46 do_sel >S /usr/bin/sawfish --sm-client-id=default2 >j051 ? 1509 -1 1509 1 1509 12:05:48 do_pol S panel >--sm-client-id default7 >j052 ? 1511 -1 1511 1 1511 12:05:49 do_pol >S gnome-name-service >j053 ? 1507 -1 1507 1 1513 12:05:50 do_pol >S /usr/bin/gconfd-1 9 >j054 ? 1527 -1 1527 1 1527 12:05:55 do_pol >S tasklist_applet --activate-goad-server tasklist_applet --goad-fd 10 >j055 ? 1529 -1 1529 1 1529 12:05:55 do_pol >S clockmail_applet --activate-goad-server clockmail_applet_factory >--goad-fd 10 >j056 ? 1536 -1 1536 1 1536 12:05:56 do_pol >S modemlights_applet --activate-goad-server modemlights_applet >--goad-fd 14 >j057 ? 1672 -1 1672 1 1673 12:07:28 do_pol S evolution >j058 ? 1516 -1 1516 1 1681 12:07:29 do_pol >S bonobo-moniker-xmldb >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:Bonobo_Moniker_xmldb_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=14 >k059 ? 1516 -1 1516 1 1685 12:07:29 do_pol >S evolution-addressbook >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_ShellComponent >--oaf-ior-fd=16 >k060 ? 1516 -1 1516 1 1690 12:07:30 do_pol >S evolution-executive-summary >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Summary_ShellComponent >--oaf-ior-fd=17 >k061 ? 1516 -1 1516 1 1694 12:07:30 do_pol >S evolution-mail >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Mail_ShellComponent --oaf-ior-fd=18 >k062 ? 1516 -1 1516 1694 1710 12:07:32 do_pol >S evolution-mail >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Mail_ShellComponent --oaf-ior-fd=18 >k063 ? 1516 -1 1516 1710 1711 12:07:32 rt_sig >S evolution-mail >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Mail_ShellComponent --oaf-ior-fd=18 >k064 ? 1516 -1 1516 1710 1714 12:07:32 rt_sig >S evolution-mail >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Mail_ShellComponent --oaf-ior-fd=18 >k065 ? 1516 -1 1516 1710 1715 12:07:33 rt_sig >S evolution-mail >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Mail_ShellComponent --oaf-ior-fd=18 >k066 ? 1516 -1 1516 1 1698 12:07:30 do_pol >S evolution-calendar >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Calendar_ShellComponent >--oaf-ior-fd=19 >k067 ? 1516 -1 1516 1 1703 12:07:31 do_pol >S evolution-alarm-notify >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Calendar_AlarmNotify_Factory >--oaf-ior-fd=20 >j068 ? 1723 -1 1723 1 1723 12:07:37 do_pol S oafd >--ac-activate --ior-output-fd=34 >k069 ? 1723 -1 1723 1 1735 12:07:44 do_pol S wombat >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:Bonobo_Moniker_wombat_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=18 >k070 ? 1723 -1 1723 1 1739 12:07:45 do_pol >S bonobo-moniker-xmldb >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:Bonobo_Moniker_xmldb_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=26 >k071 ? 1723 -1 1723 1 1743 12:07:45 do_pol >S evolution-addressbook >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_SelectNamesFactory >--oaf-ior-fd=28 >k072 ? 1723 -1 1723 1 1751 12:07:45 do_pol >S gnome-gtkhtml-editor >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_GtkHTML_Editor_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=30 >k073 ? 1723 -1 1723 1 1755 12:07:45 do_pol >S gnome-spell-component >--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Spell_DictionaryFactory:0.1 --oaf-ior-fd=32 >j074 ? 2016 -1 2016 1 2017 12:47:31 do_sel S konsole >%i %m >j075 pts/0 2031 2104 2031 2017 2031 12:47:37 wait4 S /bin/bash >j076 pts/0 2031 2104 2066 2031 2066 12:47:43 wait4 S su G >j077 pts/0 2031 2104 2070 2066 2070 12:47:45 wait4 S bash >j078 pts/0 2031 2104 2104 2070 2104 12:47:53 >pause S screen -D -RR >j079 ? 2105 -1 2105 2104 2105 12:47:53 do_sel >S SCREEN -D -RR >j080 pts/1 2106 2106 2106 2105 2106 12:47:53 read_c >S /bin/bash >j081 pts/2 2138 2506 2138 2017 2138 12:48:01 wait4 S /bin/bash >j082 pts/2 2138 2506 2506 2138 2506 12:59:41 - R ps >-eHo tty8,sess,tpgid,pgrp,ppid,pid,start,wchan,stat,args --cols 999 >j083 pts/2 2138 2506 2506 2138 2507 12:59:41 >wait4 S /bin/bash >j084 pts/2 2138 2506 2506 2507 2509 12:59:41 pipe_w >S /bin/bash >j085 pts/2 2138 2506 2506 2138 2508 12:59:41 pipe_w S less >j086 ? 2019 -1 2019 1 2019 12:47:33 do_sel >S kdeinit: Running... >k087 ? 2019 -1 2019 1 2022 12:47:33 do_sel >S kdeinit: dcopserver --nosid --suicide >k088 ? 2019 -1 2019 1 2025 12:47:33 do_sel >S kdeinit: klauncher >k089 ? 2019 -1 2019 1 2027 12:47:33 do_sel >S kdeinit: kded >j090 tty2 411 1432 2441 1 2442 12:59:20 wait4 S -bash >j091 tty2 411 1432 2441 2442 2444 12:59:20 wait4 S xinit >/v/h/home/g/kde/3.0beta2/dest/bin/startkde -- :2 >j092 ? 411 -1 2445 2444 2445 12:59:20 do_sel >S /etc/X11/X :2 >j093 tty2 411 1432 2448 2444 2448 12:59:21 >wait4 S /bin/sh /v/h/home/g/kde/3.0beta2/dest/bin/startkde >j094 tty2 411 1432 2448 2448 2486 12:59:24 nanosl >S kwrapper ksmserver --restore >j095 ? 2467 -1 2467 1 2467 12:59:22 do_sel >S kdeinit: Running... >j096 ? 2467 -1 2467 2467 2483 12:59:24 do_sel >S /v/h/homR/G/kde/3.0beta2/dest/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -s 60 -m >artsmessage -l 3 -f >j097 ? 2467 -1 2467 2467 2489 12:59:24 do_sel >S kdeinit: kwin >j098 ? 2467 -1 2467 2467 2493 12:59:27 do_sel >S kdeinit: kio_file file >/tmp/ksocket-g/klauncherZzK6Ka.slave-socket >/tmp/ksocket-g/kdesktoptnI9wb.slave-socket >j099 ? 2467 -1 2467 2467 2494 12:59:27 ide_do >D autorun -l --interval=1000 --cdplayer=/usr/bin/kscd >k100 ? 2467 -1 2467 1 2470 12:59:22 do_sel >S kdeinit: dcopserver --nosid >k101 ? 2467 -1 2467 1 2473 12:59:23 do_sel >S kdeinit: klauncher >k102 ? 2467 -1 2467 1 2475 12:59:23 do_sel >S kdeinit: kded >k103 ? 2467 -1 2467 1 2485 12:59:24 do_sel >S kdeinit: knotify >k104 ? 2467 -1 2467 1 2488 12:59:24 do_sel >S kdeinit: ksmserver --restore >k105 ? 2467 -1 2467 1 2491 12:59:25 do_sel >S kdeinit: kdesktop >k106 ? 2467 -1 2467 1 2496 12:59:27 do_sel S kicker >k107 ? 2467 -1 2467 1 2498 12:59:30 do_sel >S kdeinit: klipper -icon klipper -miniicon klipper >k108 ? 2467 -1 2467 1 2502 12:59:31 do_sel >S kdeinit: kwrited >k109 pts/3 2503 2503 2503 2502 2503 12:59:31 read_c S /bin/cat > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
