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Date:      Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:38:54 +0000
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John DeStefano <john.destefano@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kern.maxpipekva exceeded, please see tuning(7)
Message-ID:  <20050314173854.GC91771@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <f2160e0d05031312441b719c2a@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20050313171401.08B0D16A4DA@hub.freebsd.org> <f2160e0d05031312441b719c2a@mail.gmail.com>

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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



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