RE: Problems with fork

2005-12-15 Thread Jan Dubois
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Américo Albuquerque wrote: > the spawn method does the fork. if it can't it return 0 and the server > shutsdown. After about 20 successeful forks, I get "Resource temporarily > unavailable" error. I've tried waitpid but it didn't work, after several > forks I still get the same

RE: Problems with fork

2005-12-15 Thread Am�rico Albuquerque
Thank you all for your replies. My problem isn't with the connection itself. I can connect without problems. The problem is with the fork call. I did a little research and this seams to only happen in windows. Windows does not support fork, so perl uses threads instead, IThreads to be more

Re: Problems with fork

2005-12-14 Thread Anthony R. Nemmer
And here I am still limping along with Win 98 SE. Win 98 SE FOREVER!! =D Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've got to say this since I fix PCs for a living do the smart thing use Linux. XP Pro is only slightly better than home. Offers some features home doesn't not sure if there are any i

Re: Problems with fork

2005-12-14 Thread pmalcher
Hi, I've got to say this since I fix PCs for a living do the smart thing use Linux. XP Pro is only slightly better than home. Offers some features home doesn't not sure if there are any in the networking arena. It winds down to what you need and what floats your boat, XP PRO is a ways better th

Re: Problems with fork

2005-12-08 Thread $Bill Luebkert
Craig Cardimon wrote: >>I'm not sure if there is an upgrade path, but you can always buy an OEM >>CD (cheaper than full package) and install it. >> >>EG: $155 from New Egg >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102071 >> >>or you can try eBay or you can try a more off the

Re: Problems with fork

2005-12-08 Thread Craig Cardimon
I'm not sure if there is an upgrade path, but you can always buy an OEM CD (cheaper than full package) and install it. EG: $155 from New Egg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102071 or you can try eBay or you can try a more off the wall outfit : $78 for full

RE: Problems with fork

2005-12-08 Thread Gomez, Juan
956 768 4070 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of $Bill Luebkert Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 3:44 PM To: Craig Cardimon Cc: activeperl@listserv.ActiveState.com Subject: Re: Problems with fork Craig Cardimon wrote: > [EMAIL PRO

Re: Problems with fork

2005-12-07 Thread JPerlmutter
efore doing that and was showing me asking me for specifics since I do a lot more with networking than he does. -Josh Craig Cardimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/07/2005 03:20 PM To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc activeperl@listserv.ActiveState.com Subject Re: Problems with fork [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Problems with fork

2005-12-07 Thread $Bill Luebkert
Craig Cardimon wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Americo- >> >>I see you state that it is xp HOME. you should know that HOME has a LOT of >>the networking features permanently removed. While I don't know as much as >>Jan about perl, and his response may solve your problem, I do know that >

Re: Problems with fork

2005-12-07 Thread Craig Cardimon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Americo- I see you state that it is xp HOME. you should know that HOME has a LOT of the networking features permanently removed. While I don't know as much as Jan about perl, and his response may solve your problem, I do know that HOME is NOT meant to run as a server

RE: Problems with fork

2005-12-07 Thread JPerlmutter
Albuquerque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Problems with fork > To: activeperl@listserv.ActiveState.com > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Hello > > I have a server application running on a WinXP Home Edition withSP2. It > ac

RE: Problems with fork

2005-12-07 Thread Jan Dubois
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005, Américo Albuquerque wrote: > The problem is that the server only work for around 20 connections, after > that I get the "Can't fork: Resource temporarily unavailable" error. The > function that does the fork has a exit so it exits from the child but it > seams that it doesn't c

Problems with fork

2005-12-07 Thread Am�rico Albuquerque
Hello I have a server application running on a WinXP Home Edition withSP2. It accepts connections, fork to create a child that would deal with the connection so the server would be ready to accept new connections. The server acts as a fork for POP protocol. it accept connection from a cl