Hello.... Just check your OS for limits in the bash type limits this give something... like this... bash-2.05b$ limits Resource limits (current): cputime infinity secs filesize infinity kb datasize 524288 kb stacksize 65536 kb coredumpsize infinity kb memoryuse infinity kb memorylocked infinity kb maxprocesses 5778 openfiles 86400 sbsize infinity bytes vmemoryuse infinity kb bash-2.05b$ =============================== check the maxprocess (and thus threads) in the system the number of semaphores ...I supose the gnugk uses semaphores to serialize things... ipcs -S.... bash-2.05b$ ipcs -S seminfo: semmap: 30 (# of entries in semaphore map) semmni: 4096 (# of semaphore identifiers) semmns: 16380 (# of semaphores in system) semmnu: 30 (# of undo structures in system) semmsl: 16380 (max # of semaphores per id) semopm: 100 (max # of operations per semop call) semume: 10 (max # of undo entries per process) semusz: 92 (size in bytes of undo structure) semvmx: 32767 (semaphore maximum value) semaem: 16384 (adjust on exit max value) ==================================================== here I can do a sysctl to query the kernel on how much resources there are avaiable... for example.... bash-2.05b$ sysctl kern.threads kern.threads.debug: 0 kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc: 150 kern.threads.max_groups_per_proc: 50 kern.threads.max_threads_hits: 0 kern.threads.virtual_cpu: 1 bash-2.05b$ ==================================== with 100 connections it can pass the limit of 150 (in my case...) my system uses posix threads inside the libc... so (for me) a limit of 500 threads for process would be nice... ============================== here I have some problems that gnugk does not finish when I use kill pid.of.gnugk... so I have to fire killl -9 to shut it down.. Is there a possibility that the gnugk thread sytem is in dead lock??? after some overload?? may be it runs out of some resource and the deadlock condition arises... Sergio ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________________ List: Openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Archive: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8549 Homepage: http://www.gnugk.org/