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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news-xfer.netaxs.com!netaxs.com!socko.cdnow.com!heller From: heller@socko.cdnow.com (A. Karl Heller) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: XTERM Problems Date: 2 Jun 1997 23:43:47 GMT Organization: CDnow - The World's Largest Online Music Store http://cdnow.com Lines: 29 Message-ID: <5mvlrj$i00@netaxs.com> References: <5mk5rp$788@nnrp4.farm.idt.net> <5mp5no$59p$2@nntp2.ba.best.com> Reply-To: heller@cdnow.com NNTP-Posting-Host: socko.cdnow.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42079 Byron Brummer (byron@thrush.omix.com) wrote: : Michael Park <mpark@corp.idt.net> 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? : The stock (GENERIC) kernel config is trash. Every man you run : sparks some 8 or so processes so you'll fill up the max number of : children you can make fast. -All are spawn under the X server. : You need to recompile your kernel with: : options CHILD_MAX=128 : or similar settings. : Also, maxusers should be set to at least 5 (I do 10). Why the hell : this isn't set the GERERIC kernel is beyond me... Hey, I got maxusers set to 60. =) Running 40+ sendmails tends to eat resources. heheh Karl