From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 17:38:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id 2E02E16A4CF; Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:38:54 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:38:54 +0000 From: Kris Kennaway To: John DeStefano Message-ID: <20050314173854.GC91771@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050313171401.08B0D16A4DA@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern.maxpipekva exceeded, please see tuning(7) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:38:54 -0000 On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 03:44:32PM -0500, John DeStefano wrote: > I have seen a mention or two of this error on the lists before, > including this link to the "current" list I pulled up from Google: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-January/019150.html > > In my case, the errors began after my exploratory two-year-old found > the shiny 'reset' button and could not resist its powers. I'm also > getting HDD error messages on boot, 'fsck -y' shows all the file > systems as read-only and returns errors on one of them, and I can no > longer SSH into my system (due to, I assume, too many open file > handles), or even get a command in on my console without an error > popping in.. > > The solution does not seem clear cut to me, and it seems the error > message itself does not provide valid (or, at least, sufficient) > information. > > Could someone please help, or point me in the right direction? Did you read the tuning(7) manpage, as instructed? Kris