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

[LAURENS Jérôme]

Le 12 oct. 07 à 22:18, Peter Dyballa a écrit :

>
> 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>) ...

Of course this will be difficult if Michael cannot open a new  
terminal window
Maybe he can try to quit a pair of apps

I suggest to always keep an active terminal window or the activity  
monitor, and when the problem ever occurs, enter "ps -aux"
this will give the list of processes actually running, or inspect the  
list in the activity monitor.
Maybe there is a bunch of processes that were never terminated properly.
This can happen when running some latex daemon.

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