Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!think!bloom-beacon!apple!voder!pyramid!cbmvax!rutgers!bellcore!dana From: dana@dino.bellcore.com (Dana A. Chee) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: sun 3/60 "text: table is full" error message? Message-ID: Date: 26 Aug 88 15:31:57 GMT References: <1396@wor-mein.UUCP> Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com Organization: Bellcore, Morristown, NJ USA Lines: 37 In-reply-to: jim@wor-mein.UUCP's message of 25 Aug 88 23:26:09 GMT In article <1396@wor-mein.UUCP> jim@wor-mein.UUCP (Jim Chekerylla) writes: I am running X11V2 on a monochrome Sun 3/60 with a local disk and 4 MB of RAM. It is also a file server for one other Sun 3/60 diskless node. Others are rloging into my machine from some uVAXen. When I run too many demo programs, I get the error message "text: table is full" in my xterm console window and other people's processes (eg. compiles) get killed. My display continues to work just fine. Does anyone know what is going on? It seems if I add more RAM (already ordered), that I'm just pushing the problem off until a heavier load is reached. What this means is that you have too many different processes for the operating system's (Unix's) process table. The maximum number allowed can be found by typing '/etc/pstat -T'. This will show used/allowed values for various tables in Unix with text being the fourth line. To increase the number allowed requires you (or your SA) to rebuild Unix with a higher number. This number should be changed in the file /sys/YOURMACHINE/param.c on your source machine. Look for the line 'int ntext = ' and change the number there to something reasonable (ours is set to 24 + MAXUSERS, where MAXUSERS is 10, but is also settable in the /sys/conf/YOURMACHINE file). Anyway, hope this helps. Jim Chekerylla Quantum Medical Systems Issaquah, WA 98027 206-392-9180 -- +*************************************************************************+ * Dana Chee (201) 829-4488 * * Bellcore * * Room 2Q-250 * * 445 South Street ARPA: dana@bellcore.com * * Morristown, NJ 07960-1910 UUCP: {gateways}!bellcore!dana * +*************************************************************************+