I am still affected by this in 2018. Any plans to increase the number?
It is 8192 in Ubuntu 18.04.
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Title:
Increase the number of inotify watches
I have
fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1048576
and experiencing what looks like this issue (downloading a file and size
not updating in nautilus). I'm using insync and spideroak, so maybe
these are using up the watches ?
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For those having this issue and wanting to increase the number of inotify
watches themselves, here's the fix:
sudo -s
echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 /etc/sysctl.conf
sysctl -p
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Its a simple fix to change the number right, so something stopping
someone from creating a patch and then presenting it here. I don't know
which file to change or so on but the process must surely be simple
unless the change is being debated?
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** Description changed:
- Many of the problems I encountered seem to be related to a single issue : the
maximum number of watches inotify is able to handle.
- I have found that the default maximum number of watches is way to low too
handle every feature using inotify, a default Ubuntu uses a
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: procps (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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Title:
While searching the web for more information about this bug I found this
:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+source/procps/+changelog
- 30-inotify-limits.conf: moved to tracker package for increasing inotify
watches to 524,388 for tracker.
This means this problem has already been
