On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 17:48 +0100, Ambrogio wrote: > Il giorno gio, 02/11/2006 alle 16.05 +0200, Gilboa Davara ha scritto: > > > I know that's not the answer you're looking for, but increasing the file > > handle count will not prevent evolution from crashing - it'll only make > > evolution make more noise when it crashes. > > File handle limitation is there for a reason - to prevent one > > application for taking down the system. > > Letting evolution eat unlimited number of file handles will only risk > > the stability of other applications instead of fixing the problem. > I know risks related to consuming resource, but I experienced that > limiting evo to 10000 files instead of 1024 let me working with evo > without the problem. > I see the problem only starting evo, and I think that it's because the > number of folders and messages I have. > If I'm able to start evo without openfile limit, I can work with evo > opened for hours. > > > As for getting a fixed version in FC5, can you post a bug report in > > bugzilla? > Bug (or problem) was fixed by the evolution team with the new release > (because the bug was hard to solve without rewriting code). > The new release is available on FC6 but not on FC5, and there aren't rpm > on evolution (novell) site. > > Bye > Ambrogio > Understood. Anyways, AFAIR, you need to add: <user> hard nofile <max_file_count> to /etc/security/limits.conf - Gilboa
