Just as a point of reference: $ dpkg-query --show byobu byobu 4.37-0ubuntu1
$ bhome=/home/smoser/t/byobu-home $ mkdir -p $bhome $ i=1; while :; do i=$(($i+1)); echo -n = $i =:; \ HOME=$bhome sh -c "ulimit -n $i && exec byobu true" && break; done === 2 ===:/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: Error 24 === 3 ===:/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: Error 24 === 4 ===:/bin/sh: 3: Invalid argument === 5 ===:/bin/sh: 3: Invalid argument === 6 ===:/bin/sh: 3: Invalid argument === 7 ===:/bin/sh: 3: Invalid argument === 8 ===:/bin/sh: 3: Invalid argument === 9 ===:/bin/sh: 3: Invalid argument === 10 ===:/bin/sh: 3: Invalid argument === 11 ===:.: 41: 3: Too many open files === 12 ===:.: 39: 3: Too many open files === 13 ===:.: 37: 3: Too many open files === 14 ===:=== 15 ===:[screen is terminating] What the above shows is that 'ulimit -n 15' worked. Anything less than that was insufficient. The alternate 'HOME' was just to get default byobu configuration. By comparison, 'screen true' will run with 5. Just information. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/713879 Title: byobu crashes on start 'pipe: too many open files' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/byobu/+bug/713879/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs