[Bug 1430068] Re: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor
executing > sudo echo 512 > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances does not work because it won't open the file as root but as your current user. This is because "> /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances" is not part of what sudo executes. The command is interpreted by your shell as follows: open the file "/proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances " for writing and execute the programm "sudo" with the following arguments ["echo", "512"] and replace the output(stdout) of the program with said file for starting it. Since your shell is not running as root, it cannot open "/proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances" for writing. You can either get a shell running as root (with "sudo -i" for example), or do "echo 512 | sudo tee /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances". The 2nd way works by passing the output of echo to sudo with in turn will pass it on to tee which then will open the file, which it can do because sudo invoked tee as root. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430068 Title: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/1430068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1430068] Re: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor
I tried what Alan said, but I get Permission denied even when doing sudo: ~$ sudo echo 512 > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances bash: /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances: Permission denied It did not work for me. Any ideas? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430068 Title: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/1430068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1430068] Re: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor
This seems to fix it : echo 512 > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430068 Title: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/1430068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1430068] Re: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor
This has happened twice to me. The first time required a full re-image of my machine to fix it. Then it randomly happened again today. The only thing I can associate with it was very high CPU/RAM usage (~100% on most of 32 cores and most if not all of swap space) when building with gcc72. Ubuntu 14.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430068 Title: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/1430068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1430068] Re: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor
Not sure what causes the problem or how to fix it manually but a reboot cleared it up for me (same exact error message from terminal as original reporter). So after reboot it is working fine again. This is Ubuntu 16.04, btw. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430068 Title: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/1430068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1430068] Re: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor
Please fix this! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430068 Title: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/1430068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1430068] Re: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor
Thanks for changing the status on this! I'll be glad to prove more system info it will help. I am using AMD64 just like original poster. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430068 Title: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/1430068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1430068] Re: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1430068 Title: Unable to launch gnome-system-monitor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/1430068/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
