Public bug reported: Binary package hint: mutt
$ ps aux | grep mutt amit 14573 0.0 0.0 24544 1172 pts/0 S+ 16:19 0:00 screen mutt amit 14574 0.0 0.0 26784 3532 ? Ss 16:19 0:00 SCREEN mutt amit 14575 0.0 1.4 115140 53100 pts/3 Ss+ 16:19 0:07 mutt $ ls -1 /proc/14575/fd/ | wc -l 1024 After running mutt-patched for a while, I have to close it and restart since it seems to keep everything open for some reason. Revering to plain mutt gets rid of the problem ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: mutt-patched 1.5.21-2ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 1 21:02:20 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110201.2) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash LC_PAPER=a4 SourcePackage: mutt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: mutt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747598 Title: mutt-patched always errors out with "too many open files" -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs