Re: [e-users] error message: unable to fork process

[Wido <wi...@gm...>]

check for some hints in ~/.xsession-errors. But it sounds like you're
hitting an nproc limit (which is odd, since you're able to open it fine).

Just to be sure, check ulimit, see if you have anything there. I'm not sure
this is the problem, but better to discard it


2014-07-09 21:00 GMT-03:00 Conrad Hill-Knight <ies...@gm...>:

> I just had an error message pop up in a window in Enlightenment that
> i've never seen before. This occurred when I selected a program from
> the applications menu (normal left-click on desktop). The text of the
> message is: "Enlightenment is unable to fork a child process:
> speedcrunch". (Speedcrunch is the name of the calculator program i was
> trying top run.)
>
> I was able to run the program manually from a terminal window, and it
> opened a window as usual, complete with E's normal decorations. Then I
> tried it again from the menu, but got the same error message. In fact,
> any program i try to start from the menu gives a similar error. E's
> various dialogs open fine (e.g. settings), but external programs
> don't.
>
> I'm running E 0.18.8... Any idea what caused this? And, more
> importantly, how to fix it
>
> Thanks!
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