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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!zdc!super.zippo.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.he.net!news.onramp.net!news-in.iadfw.net!news.gymnet.com!LSNT1!lsbsdi6.lightspeed.net!news-ana-7.sprintlink.net!news-ana-24.sprintlink.net!news-west.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!news.mathworks.com!news1.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!thrush.omix.com!byron From: Byron Brummer <byron@thrush.omix.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: XTERM Problems Date: 31 May 1997 12:31:52 GMT Organization: INTERNET AMERICA Lines: 27 Message-ID: <5F89B0BF4F383336.27A4FD5EB580CC65.C9340EA400CCC972@library-proxy.airnews.net> X-Orig-Message-ID: <5mp5no$59p$2@nntp2.ba.best.com> References: <5mk5rp$788@nnrp4.farm.idt.net> NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Host: biceps.gymnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970309; i386 FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42182 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... -- -Byron byron@omix.com