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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!mindspring!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!paperboy.engeast.baynetworks.com!news-w.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!delta.adelphia.net!alpha.buf.adelphia.net!not-for-mail From: Glen <gippolit@adelphia.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: XTERM Problems Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 23:40:11 -0400 Organization: Adelphia Cable Communications Lines: 23 Message-ID: <338E4C1B.41C67EA6@adelphia.net> References: <5mk5rp$788@nnrp4.farm.idt.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dov220.adelphia.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41896 You have to increase your child processes!!! Look in you lint kernel I think it's something like CHILD=128 or something. Michael Park wrote: > > i am running freebsd 2.2.1 ,. > X is running the afterstep wm. > > when i have 7 or less xterm windows open, i can view all the man pages for > anything i want.. however when i open an 8th xterm window, i can view some > man pages but for most, i get the following error message. > > Cannot fork > Error executing formatting or display command. > system command exited with status 512 > > has anyone else experienced this problem? if so does anyone know of a > solution? > > thanks..