[OS X TeX] Odd TeXShop error: "couldn't fork"

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 12.10.2007 um 21:12 schrieb Michael S. Hanson:

> I have noticed that I tend get this error if TeXShop (and the OS)  
> has been up and running for a while (at least a week or two) and if  
> I have opened several files in TeXShop simultaneously.

This is not directly related to too many open files, but to too many  
processes running. I presume your login shell is bash. The you can  
invoke in Terminal

	ulimit -aH
	ulimit -aS

The former command will report the "hard" limits which cannot be  
altered so easily. The latter command reveals all the "soft" limits  
that you can raise up to those hard ones. This can be done  
automatically at login time, for example in ~/.profile.

I think you should be able to raise the number of running processes  
when you're already logged in (ulimit -u <number>) ...

--
Greetings

   Pete

We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found  
ourselves than by those which have occurred to others.
                                           (Blaise Pascal)



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