FAQ 6.9 ... How to find total # of clients? ULIMIT prob?

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

Try the most recent Cygwin Development snapshot.  Corina committed some
changes to Cygwin1.dll for this problem.

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Sharpe [ mailto:Charles.Sharpe@adelphia.com ]
> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 10:56 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: RE: FAQ 6.9 ... How to find total # of clients? ULIMIT prob?
> 
> My results:
> $ulimit -n 512
> bash: ulimit: cannot get limit: Invalid argument
> 
> Bash is version 2.05-6
> CYGWIN is version 1.3.2-1
> as reported by setup.
> 
> My bat file to start XWin had
> ulimit -n 512
> 
> A netstat from the Sun
> netstat | grep $MYIP:6000 | wc -l
> Yielded only 15 lines.
> 
> I installed Server44.  It did fix the problem.  Even if it is not the
> preferred method.
> I think that the problem with ulimit (Mr Hunt reported same error)
> should be
> looked at.  Can someone with more experience verify and report the
> ulimit
> problem. If this is the problem and is resolved from the CYGWIN side,
> I
> guess the change made to server44 should be removed.
> 
> Thanks
> Scott