[comp.unix.questions] Sun ntext trouble summary

peter@citcom.UUCP (Peter Klosky) (04/16/87)

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Thanks for all the help with the "text: table is full" message
we had trouble with on our Sun.  We are amazed at the speed
and quantity of correct responses to our query; way to go, net.

In short, the "ntext" variable controls the number of programs
that can be run at any given time.  We had MAXUSERS at 4 so
int ntext = MAXUSERS + 24; yielded 28 programs at once.  Given
that the system needs about 20 programs with no users, this
left eight different programs runnable.  Second and subsequent
invocations of a given program can share entries in the text table,
of course.  Interestingly, NPROC is set at 16 * MAXUSERS + 10.
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Peter Klosky, Citcom Systems (materiel de telecommunications)
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