[gentoo-user] X server runs out of file descriptors

[gentoo-user] X server runs out of file descriptors

[Vladimir G. Ivanovic]

My X server (xorg-server-1.1.1-r1; USE flags below) churns through file
descriptors at the rate of ~15/hour (on AMD64). Eventually, it reaches
the 255 open file limit and I can no longer open any new windows. 

A snippet from "ls -l /proc/<X pid>/fd":

  lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Nov  6 18:41 126 -> socket:[1408395]
  lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Nov  6 18:41 127 -> socket:[1408397]
  lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Nov  6 18:41 128 -> socket:[1408400]
        
A snippet from "lsof -c X":

  X 14872 root  126u  unix 0xffff81002ed46b80 1408395 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
  X 14872 root  127u  unix 0xffff81002ed47680 1408397 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
  X 14872 root  128u  unix 0xffff81002ed47100 1408400 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

This is new (a few days old) behavior.

Any ideas on how I should go about figuring out why this is happening?

Thanks.

---- Vladimir


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Vladimir G. Ivanovic <vgivanovic@comcast.net>

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