I had a couple of extra replies after I posted the summary so thanks to
Klaus Juul Soerensen and
Torbj|rn Lindgren
I've included Trobjlrn's reply as it expands on Dr Blinn's reply.
Simon Monday
mondays_at_logica.com
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From: Torbj|rn Lindgren
To: mondays
Subject: Re: task table is full Error
Date: 29 April 1995 20:20
> OK I'm getting an error message "Unable to fork" on my DEC 2100, which is
> running Digital Unix V3.2.
As root or as ordinary user? The limit for normal users are 64
processes, to change this add the following lines to /etc/sysconfigtab
and reboot:
proc:
max-proc-per-user=128
--
*Or* add 'maxuprc 128' (or higher) to the kernel configuration file
and rebuild the kernel and reboot with the new kernel.
If it was as root, then it's the it's time to increase the number of
processes or system tasks (see below).
> I'm also getting "task table is full" messages in my messages file.
>
> Now I think this means it's time to up the paramater in my kernal
> configaration file
This message means that you have run out of system tasks. By default
the number of allowable system tasks is maxproc+1. maxproc is by
default defined as (20 + 8 * MAXUSERS), and with the default maxusers
(32) this is 276.
I would recommend that you raise either maxproc or maxusers (or
both). This is done in the kernel configuration file.
For more information see 'System Administration, Chapter 5.3.3'
(Available as bookreader dokument on the Online Documentation CD that
should be included in OSF/1 3.2).
Received on Wed May 03 1995 - 05:26:16 NZST