On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 10:32:06AM -0700, A.J. Rossini wrote: > >>>>> "tony" == tony mancill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > tony> For both cases, would it possible to post the kernel version of the test > tony> box? Maybe it's part of the equation. > > (I actually did, privately, to Bill, forgot to cc the list). > > I'm running 2.4.18, on a dual P2 1.0 Ghz box, 512Mb/2Gb swap. > > turns out it might be a process limit problem.
Yes. By deafault the max number of threads is set to 320. Well, at least on my 486 box. On Athlon I have it as 8k. /proc/sys/kernel/threads-max If it says it can't fork, then it is threads-max that's the problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]