On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 13:53 +0200, Mildred Ki'Lya wrote:
On 05/18/2009 06:34 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 09:26 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> > Check the output of 'sudo lsof -p `pidof Xorg`' when this happens.
This
> > will show you what file descriptors are in use by the X server. Last I
> > checked this error message was misleading, and could mean either
"I've
> > hit the client limit" or "I've run out of file
descriptors".
> >
>
> That would be:
>
> su -c lsof -p `pidof X`
Hi,
So, it happened again. There are 234 opened sockets, and the last file
descriptor seems to be 255u, so perhaps there is a limit there. Any
ideas on how to find the program responsible for that?
The 'u' just means the file is opened read/write. The actual fd number
is 255, which is certainly suspicious. Just for kicks, try 'ulimit -n'
to see if your open file limit is set too low for some odd reason.
You can also check the open socket numbers using netstat, e.g.
netstat | grep <sock-number>
will give an idea of what the file is.
poc