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Date:      Tue, 16 Dec 2003 08:39:27 -0800
From:      hugle <hugle@vkt.lt>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re[2]: socket: no buffer space available
Message-ID:  <163235840781.20031216083927@vkt.lt>
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AT> Just for the record, I fixed this problem by recompiling my kernel with
AT> MAXUSERS 512
actualy you don't need to recompile kernel.
you can achieve that by doing:
echo kern.maxusers=0 >> /boot/loader.conf

It is better to use 0, since them freeBSD can dynamicaly change you
need (as i heard)
AT> :)

AT> ajt.

AT> On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 16:15, Andrew Thomson wrote:
>> I've got a perl script doing some p5-sybase stuff for me.. However after
>> a while, it fails with the following error message:
>> 
>> .."socket: No buffer space available"...
>> 
>> I've seen other reports from other uses getting this problem however no
>> clear responses on a fix.
>> 
>> This script used to work find on my 5.0-RELEASE box now I'm trying it on
>> a 5.1-RELEASE box. I admit the new box is a lower spec - less cpu and
>> less memory - so that may affect some of the default sysctl values???
>> 
>> I've tried tweaking a couple of sysctl entries however nothing has
>> gotten me over this hurdle.
>> 
>> Below are some relevant(??) sysctls.
>> 
>> kern.ipc.maxsockbuf: 1048576
>> kern.ipc.sockbuf_waste_factor: 8
>> kern.ipc.nmbufs: 17920
>> kern.ipc.nsfbufs: 2496
>> kern.ipc.mbuf_wait: 64
>> kern.ipc.mbuf_hiwm: 512
>> kern.ipc.mbuf_lowm: 128
>> 
>> kern.ipc.numopensockets: 94
>> kern.ipc.maxsockets: 4008
>> 
>> Any suggested tweaks appreciated.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> ajt.
>> 
>> 
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