For sure "Bad file descriptor" error occur because your kernel it's not able to create handler for the new open file(don't forget...socket it's also a file ) which must be open.
_____________________________________________________ G.NET SOFTWARE COMPANY Permanent e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Knipe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 8:14 PM Subject: Re: Lost connections on Freebsd > > > ...or you have too many open files in the system.You reach the max. number > > of files which can be opened by the OS.Try to increase file-max from > > /proc/sys/fs. > > > > Highly doubtful. It's a brand new server installation, exactly the same as > all my others, and it's not doing half as much as the others are.... > > The box runs mysql, apache, and exim... With less than 50 processes running > at any given time... > > It's FreeBSD as well btw, /proc/fs/ doesn't exist :P > > -SNIP- > DESCRIPTION > The fstat utility identifies open files. A file is considered open by > a > process if it was explicitly opened, is the working directory, root > directory, active executable text, or kernel trace file for that > process. > If no options are specified, fstat reports on all open files in the > sys- > tem. > -SNIP- > > 749 open files reported... Far less than the maximum. > > -- > me > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php