Re: [Tracker] ERROR: Inotify watch on ... has failed

["Michael Biebl" <mbiebl gmail com>]

2007/12/1, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang gmail com>:
> On Dec 1, 2007 12:56 AM, Michael Biebl <mbiebl gmail com> wrote:
> > 2007/11/30, Johann Petrak <johann petrak chello at>:
> > > And how can I correct the problem?
> >
> > /etc/sysctl.conf:
> > fs.inotify.max_user_watches=16384
> >
> > (increase this number appropriately)
> > /etc/init.d/procps restart
>
> Is this way of restarting of kernel variables rather universal or
> Debian-specific?

The file /etc/sysctl.conf (and it's format) isn't distribution
specific afaik but the initscript /etc/init.d/procps is.

Cheers,
Michael


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