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[Deepak Sarda]

On 8 Nov 2004 00:41:30 -0700, Michael Fuhr <mfuhr at fuhr.org> wrote:
> Deepak Sarda <deepak.sarda at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > max user processes            (-u) 7168
> 
> That refutes the hypothesis that you've hit a process limit; it
> must be something else.


I didn't say I've reached process limit. What I suspect is happening
is that it's taking more time than expected for the thread to be
allocated and as a result, I am getting a defunct thread.