Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:53:21 -0800 From: Ben Lovett <blovett@happypacket.com> To: "Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net LLC" <chad@pengar.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "no more processes" Message-ID: <20010219135320.A2560@happypacket.com> In-Reply-To: <3336257933.982588801@[192.168.99.123]>; from chad@pengar.com on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 01:20:01PM -0500 References: <3336257933.982588801@[192.168.99.123]>
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Hello Chad,
Try increasing your "maxusers" value in your kernel to something higher
than 32, like 64, 128, etc.. But I think it must be a multiple of 32
(please correct me if I am wrong).
-ben
Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net LLC (chad@pengar.com) wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I am running 4.2-RELEASE on a dual Celeron system. The system is mainly
> running a few versions of Roxen (www.roxen.com) web server, mySQL database,
> and various perl and other CGIs. Very little actual user login occurs.
>
> The system had been up about 2 weeks when I logged in last night and
> started getting "no more processes" messages for any command I typed that
> was not built into the shell. Additional SSH connections failed.
> Processes, like Roxen and mySQL that were already running and not forking,
> continued to run. Logging out of my SSH session and logging into the
> console I was able to reboot.
>
> I figured that my new kernel needed some parameters changed in it and went
> to the kernel config files. But I am not sure what parameters to look at.
> Looking in LINT I didn't see any parameters that appear to influence
> process table sizes etc. I have vague memories in 2.2.x of having such
> parameters.
>
> Can someone provide me with some hints or pointers to docs that would help
> me understand in detail what was probably happening and what precautions I
> should take to make sure it does not happen again?
>
> Thanks
> Chad
> Shire.Net LLC
>
>
> Pengar Enterprises, Inc. and Shire.Net LLC
> Web and Macintosh Consulting -- full service web hosting
> Chad Leigh
> chad@pengar.com chad@shire.net
>
>
>
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