I am having this problem too, but running the 2.6.28-13-generic kernel. I am using ext4 as filesystem for my partitions, if it can be of any relevance.
$ ulimit -a gives: core file size (blocks, -c) 0 data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited scheduling priority (-e) 20 file size (blocks, -f) unlimited pending signals (-i) 16382 max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 64 max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited open files (-n) 1024 pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8 POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200 real-time priority (-r) 0 stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192 cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited max user processes (-u) unlimited virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited file locks (-x) unlimited I'm attaching the result of lsof. ** Attachment added: "lsof.transmission" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29698826/lsof.transmission -- transmission: too many open files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406486 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs