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Fixing mac os yosemite issue "bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable"
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| # see the current limits | |
| $ sysctl -a | grep maxproc | |
| # increase it | |
| $ sudo sysctl -w kern.maxproc=xxxx | |
| $ sudo sysctl -w kern.maxprocperuid=xxx | |
| # run at startup | |
| $ sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf | |
| kern.maxproc=xxxx | |
| kern.maxprocperuid=xxxx | |
| $ sudo launchctl limit | |
| $ sudo launchctl limit maxproc <maxprocperuid> <maxproc> | |
| $ sudo launchctl limit maxfiles 512 unlimited | |
| # run at startup | |
| $ sudo vim /etc/launchd.conf | |
| limit maxproc <maxprocperuid> <maxproc> | |
| limit maxfiles 512 unlimited |
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I also needed
sudo sysctl kern.tty.ptmx_max=255(or 511, or whatever). My default (in El Capitan) was 127. (As atmuxuser, I need more than that.)