HELP! too many file descriptors in select()!!!!

[Weiss Blitz]

Yikes!!!... 

Is 512 the maximum possible number of file descriptors under Win2k 
Advanced Server?!

What about under Linux? 
Do I hear 32767 or higher? Please,please,please?!!

This will greately limit the number of open sockets that Medusa can 
handle concurrently! My application is an instant-messenger server 
and needs to maintain an open socket connection with each client!

Any suggestions?
Carlos :(

--- In medusa@y..., "Gregory P. Smith" <greg@e...> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 08:32:11PM -0000, Weiss Blitz wrote:
> > I got the following message from Python20/Medusa running on a 
Win2k 
> > Advanced Server:
> > 
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "zulu_start.py", line 254, in ?
> > asyncore.loop()
> > File "d:\\zuluforumserver\asyncore.py", line 139, in loop
> > poll_fun (timeout, map)
> > File "d:\\zuluforumserver\asyncore.py", line 67, in poll
> > r,w,e = select.select (r,w,e, timeout)
> > ValueError: too many file descriptors in select()
> > 
> > Only seem to be around 50 to 60 socket connections when this 
happened
> > !
> > Does anyone knows what's the limit on the selector descriptors?!
> > Or a way around this?
> > 
> > Carlos :(
> 
> You need to recompile the _select.pyd Python module with FS_SETSIZE
> set to a reasonable number (such as 256). Windows, by default, only
> supports up to 64 file descriptors in a call to select.
> 
> I believe they have changed the default compilation to python in
> python 2.1 to use 256 or 512.
> 
> (you'll still hit this problem at those higher numbers of sockets; 
at
> that point you should look into making your application not require 
as
> many open sockets at once)
> 
> Greg
> 
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