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From: schweigl@edvvie.at (Johnny Schweigl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: "no more processes" crash AIX 2.2.1
Message-ID: <259@eliza.edvvie.at>
Date: 5 Dec 90 22:28:25 GMT
References: <19700008@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu>
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From article <19700008@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu>, by beaucham@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu:
> 
> We have been experiencing quite a few crashes due to "no more processes" on
> our RT running AIX 2.2.1.  After this occurs, login prompts appear on all
> terminals, but it is not possible to log in.  I am wondering if a) any one
> else has experienced this phenomenon and b) if anyone knows of a solution.

You try to run too much processes either systemwide or per user.
Look into the file /etc/master and locate the following entries:

	procs = 400
	maxprocs = 40

procs 		is the maximum number of processes allowed systemwide
maxprocs 	is the maximum number of processes allowed per user
400 and 40  are values on my system. You will find lower values in your
			master file.

You simply banged against one of these. Edit /etc/master, replacing either
procs or maxprocs or both by some reasonable value.

Then build a new kernel, reboot, and your problem should have been gone ...

Regards, Johnny
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