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Date:      Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:08:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Haavard Vaagstoel <havardjv@gudmund.vgs.no>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: proc: table is full
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808120007320.28795-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808101338150.3003-100000@gealach.myst.no>

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On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Haavard Vaagstoel wrote:

> I got the following message while trying to install the port for
> xlockmore (it actually occured during the registration of the
> installation):
> 
> cannot fork
> /kernel: proc: table is full
> 
> In case it can be of any help, "uname -a" shows:
> 
> FreeBSD gealach.myst.no 2.2.7-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE #0: Sun Aug  9 
> 16:57:47 CEST 1998     root@gealach.myst.no:/usr/src/sys/compile/GEALACH 
> i386
> 
> 
> The problem has occured several times while compiling. What do I need to
> do to prevent it from happening again?

You're hitting user limits  Run 'unlimit' (or your shell equivalent) to
release the limits to the max for your login class.  If that doesn't help
hack /etc/login.conf.  Don't forget to rebuild it's database!

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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