Re: File handle limits and gnome-appearance-properties

[Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost>]

On Fri 28 Nov 2008 at 00:15:11 -0500, Jared D. McNeill wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Nov 2008, Jeff Wheeler wrote:
>> I'm running NetBSD 4.0.1 with a generic kernel and pkgsrc-current, from 
>> where I got GNOME 2.24.
>>
>> Any ideas on what might be causing these file limit problems?
>
> The default maximum number of file descriptors in NetBSD 4 is very low 
> (64 on i386 if my memory serves correctly). You can adjust this in  

Oh come on, a program that routinely requires 64 simultaneous open files
before even doing anything, is a wasteful resource hog and not worth the
magnetic domains it is stored in.

-Olaf.
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