Re: File handle limits and gnome-appearance-properties

["Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>]

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008, Jeff Wheeler wrote:
> I'm running NetBSD 4.0.1 with a generic kernel and pkgsrc-current, from where 
> I got GNOME 2.24.
>
> Any ideas on what might be causing these file limit problems?

The default maximum number of file descriptors in NetBSD 4 is very low (64 
on i386 if my memory serves correctly). You can adjust this in 
/etc/login.conf, with an entry such as:

  default:\
        :openfiles=128:

After changing this file, don't forget to run (as root):

  # cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf

Hope this helps,
Jared