[Bug 663364] Re: gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window

For the record, the fix is trivial; it's a one line patch. You can find it here: http://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-26id=c5ff71e924d7b3598e332392c4cc4c19e89a7d6f I just ended up rebuilding my libvte9 package with the patch, and the problem is gone. -- You received this bug

[Bug 663364] Re: gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window

on maverick with all updates applied: when opening a new terminal: There was an error creating the child process for this terminal Failed to create pipe for communicating with child process (Too many open files) lsof | grep ptmx | wc -l 463 this is annoying, it kills my uptime :) -- You

[Bug 663364] Re: gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window

I assume the fix is in the latest natty packages. Can we please get a backport to maverick? This bug is extremely annoying. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663364 Title:

[Bug 663364] Re: gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window

Is ubuntu going to do something with this bug? It is affecting me, and I'm hesitating on upgrade the machines to 10.10 or future releases. ** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Confirmed ** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = New -- You received this bug

[Bug 663364] Re: gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window

** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663364 Title: gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long

[Bug 663364] Re: gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window

** Attachment added: gnome-terminal-bug.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663364/+attachment/1701708/+files/gnome-terminal-bug.png -- gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window

[Bug 663364] Re: gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window

Here's the opened file list when it starts failing ** Attachment added: opened file list https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/663364/+attachment/1701713/+files/gnome-terminal-openfd.txt -- gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time,

[Bug 663364] Re: gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window

** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663364 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 663364] Re: gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window

** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #632584 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=632584 ** Also affects: gnome-terminal via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=632584 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after

[Bug 663364] Re: gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window

according to upstream, that's a vte issue rather. reassigning. ** Package changed: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) = vte (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in: vte (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Triaged ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #632257

[Bug 663364] Re: gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window

** Changed in: gnome-terminal Status: Unknown = Fix Released ** Changed in: gnome-terminal Importance: Unknown = High -- gnome-terminal gives too many open files error after running for a long time, with frequent open/close of terminal window https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663364