Re: redhat-config-network problem

[Taylor, ForrestX]

Wolfgang Teichmann wrote:

Hello,

redhat-config-network crashes always after a while(about 15 minutes):

profile        status       device    name       type

x              activ        eth0      eth0       ethernet
x              activ        eth1      eth1       ethernet
x              activ        ppp0      TDSL       xDSL
x              deactiv      ippp0     T-online   ISDN


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/neat", line 774, in update_devicelist
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Control.py",
line 63, in __init__
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Control.py",
line 66, in load
OSError: to many open files

This last line is the hint. You must have too many open files. It may be a memory leak or something else. Temporarily increase the maximum files in /proc/sys/fs/file-max. Permenantly adjust them using redhat-config-proc or editing /etc/sysclt.config.

Forrest
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