[opensource-dev] Question about the Too Many Open Files problem

[Tofu Linden]

For anyone interested, https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SH-173

Ponzu wrote:
> I have been pursuing this for awhile.  I am wondering if I am the only one
> experiencing it? Could others with the same problem let me know so that I
> don't feel so lonely 8-)
> 
> Problem:
> 
>    - On Mac, open Console and then open the system.log.
>    - Open Viewer2 Dev (any version since Beta).  Viewer2 Release does not
>    show this problem for me.
>    - Go to some area where there are a lot of textures (e.g. not a barren
>    wasteland like Brilliant).  After a few minutes, the viewer freezes (the
>    mouse pointer becomes the spinner) and errors start appearing in syslog.log
>    about Too Many Files.
> 
> 
> You can also open a Terminal window and use lsof to see the open files.
> 
> $ lsof -c Second
> 
> or you can count them with
> 
> $ lsof -c Second | wc -l
> 
> Whenever I get to 235 UDP and TCP connections, I freeze.
> 
> 
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