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(file-error "Creating pipe" "too many open files")
From: |
Sam Steingold |
Subject: |
(file-error "Creating pipe" "too many open files") |
Date: |
Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:35:28 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
GNU Emacs 22.0.50.13 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
of 2006-07-10 on quant8
I now get this, all of a sudden:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Creating pipe" "too many open files")
start-process("ispell" nil "aspell" "-a" "-m" "-d" "en" "--encoding=utf-8"
"-p" "/home/sds/.ispell")
apply(start-process "ispell" nil "aspell" "-a" "-m" ("-d" "en"
"--encoding=utf-8" "-p" "/home/sds/.ispell"))
the only unusual thing is that gdb window has this:
...
Detaching after fork from child process 19412.
Detaching after fork from child process 19420.
Detaching after fork from child process 19444.
ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:1090:(snd_pcm_direct_open_secondary_client) unable to
open hardware
Detaching after fork from child process 883.
...
(there are lot's of "Detaching" messages because every dired &c
generates it).
(length (process-list))
==> 7
there is nothing unusual there.
how do I get out of this predicament (short of restarting emacs)?
I mean, maybe I can do something under gdb to close some files?
I have ~180 buffers, most non-file.
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- (file-error "Creating pipe" "too many open files"),
Sam Steingold <=