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

[Johann Petrak <johann petrak chello at>]

Michael Biebl 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
Thank you - I will try adding this (my sysctl.conf does
not contain such a line with any value)!

Just out of curiosity: if this is a system-wide limit,
why did it not inhibit Beagle? I have exactly the same
list of directories to search and ignore in both
the configs for Beagle and Tracker.

Is there a reason why the default is so low, in other
words, could there be negative effects of increasing
this to, say, 60000?