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RE: FAQ 6.9 about Maximum number of clients reached. How to find total # of clients?


I tried ulimit -n 1024 and I get:
bash: ulimit: cannot get limit: Invalid argument

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Alexander
> Gottwald
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 2:58 AM
> Cc: Charles Sharpe; cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: RE: FAQ 6.9 about Maximum number of clients reached. How to
> find total # of clients?
> 
> 
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Harold Hunt wrote:
> 
> > Scott,
> > 
> > Try the Test44 release that I just made, it bumps the 
> connection limit from
> > 32 to 1024:
> > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/devel/shadow/
> > 
> 
> someone told me some time ago that setting ulimit -n <number> sets the 
> maximum connections for X11 to roucghly the number. What about 
> changing the 
> startup scripts to set the default to eg. 512? 
> 
> I don't like the idea of changing dynamic configuration to a static one.
> 
> Of cause we should put an entry into the FAQ too.
> 
> > > I installed CYGWIN and XFREE recently and followed the 
> Install guide as
> > > posted @ xfree.cygwin.com.  The host PC OS is WIN NT.  
> Install was done
> > > 8-7-01.  I have the problem listed in the 
> cygwin-xfree-faq.htm #6.9 about
> > > Max Clients reached.  I connect with a XDMCP session to a SUN
> > > Solaris 7 and
> > > use CDE.  Everything works good untill I exec a command that 
> opens several
> > > connections.  I don't think the connections total more than 25.
> > > Q1. How to I verify how many connections the client is using?
> 
> A1. Run netstat and count the connections to local port 6000.
>     netstat | grep " *TCP *[^:]*:6000" | wc --lines
>     will give you an count of the connections to the xserver. The number
>     of open files may be larger, but not too much.
> 
> > > Q2. What other information is needed to provide a complete 
> picture of the
> > > problem to help find a resolution?
> 
> A2. Set the maximum number of open files for a program to a higher value.
>     Run "ulimit -n 1024" from a bash und start XWin from this bash.
>     This will set the maximum number of open connections to 1024.
> 
> HTH, bye
> 	ago
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