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From: Lucas Barbuto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bug#256129: xlib: Xlib: Maximum number of clients reached
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 11:47:57 +1000
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Hi Branden,
Branden Robinson wrote:
>You're basically asking for the maximum number of clients supported by the
>X *server* to be increased. The fact that Xlib can't force the X server to
>accept more clients than the X server is configured to is not a bug in
>Xlib. (In fact, it would be a pretty easy DoS attack if it could.)
>
>I am merging this bug with an existing one. It is not likely to be fixed
>soon, unfortunately; please see the logs of #233569.
Thanks for your reply, perhaps I should have included more detail. I
receive the 'Maximum number of clients reached' message after a few days
even if I only have a couple of windows open. It's as if the client
resources aren't being freed when X clients are killed, so after a few
days of use (opening and closing applications) I run out. Is this a
known issue? Are we talking about the same thing? It's not as if I
have 100 windows open when this happens.
If I'm barking up the wrong tree, please ignore. And thanks for your
work on Debian.
Best Regards,
--
Lucas
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From: Lucas Barbuto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bug#256129: xlib: Xlib: Maximum number of clients reached
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:41:15 +1000
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Hi Branden,
Branden Robinson wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 11:47:57AM +1000, Lucas Barbuto wrote:
>
>>Hi Branden,
>>
>>Branden Robinson wrote:
>>
>>>You're basically asking for the maximum number of clients supported by the
>>>X *server* to be increased. The fact that Xlib can't force the X server
>>>to
>>>accept more clients than the X server is configured to is not a bug in
>>>Xlib. (In fact, it would be a pretty easy DoS attack if it could.)
>>>
>>>I am merging this bug with an existing one. It is not likely to be fixed
>>>soon, unfortunately; please see the logs of #233569.
>>
>>Thanks for your reply, perhaps I should have included more detail. I
>>receive the 'Maximum number of clients reached' message after a few days
>>even if I only have a couple of windows open. It's as if the client
>>resources aren't being freed when X clients are killed, so after a few
>>days of use (opening and closing applications) I run out. Is this a
>>known issue? Are we talking about the same thing? It's not as if I
>>have 100 windows open when this happens.
>>
>>If I'm barking up the wrong tree, please ignore. And thanks for your
>>work on Debian.
>
>
>Ah. I think the real bug, then, is that you're effectively being DoSsed by
>some of your X clients, which are opening bogus windows and then never
>destroying them.
>
>Do you mind if I send this reply (with your words quoted) to the bug
>report? Your reply was private to me.
No, of course not. Please let me know if I should include more detail.
Apps I most commonly use are Aterm, Firefox and Thunderbird. I can
provide some xlsclients and xwininfo outputs if that's helpful.
Best Regards,
--
Lucas
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