Bug 82178

Summary:	OSError: Too many files open
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Dennis Myhand <dmyhand>
Component:	control-panel	Assignee:	Than Ngo <than>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	8.0	CC:	tns1
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Hardware:	i686
OS:	Linux
URL:	/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Control.py", line 63, in __init__
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Description Dennis Myhand 2003-01-19 02:18:54 UTC

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Description of problem:
I have been getting the following message, telling me to file a bug report here.


Message is as follows:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/neat", line 774, in update_devicelist
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Control.py", line
63, in __init__
  File "/usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/Control.py", line
66, in load
OSError: Too many open files

The error message comes up and when I choose to close the message my network and
dialup connection crash

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Didn't try


Additional info:

Comment 1 tom clarke 2003-07-09 01:26:57 UTC

I have a RH8 'everything' install up2date as of 7/2003 on two platforms, a
fairly new P4 hardware, and an old P2. I can duplicate this problem on both systems.

I was reviewing my network settings using the network configuration dialog under
Gnome: <system tools><network device control><configure><help>
When the help dialog popped up I choose the first link "Establishing an Ethernet
Connection", which never comes up. (These help docs are on the CD but may not
have been installed on the system. I didn't remove them). Eventually I get an
exception with the "Too many files open" msg above, and have to close the doc
window. A process called gnome2-info2html is started which hogs all of the cpu
and prevents saving of the crash report. The traceback report is as shown above.

Comment 2 Than Ngo 2003-07-09 09:23:41 UTC

it's a bug in rhpl, which was fixed in RHL 9. The errata is still in the QA
queue. I hope it will be pushed out soon.