Read Before Installing or Updating to HP-UX 11i, March 2003

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System Console "kthread table full" or "fork failed" Mes-
sages
Note This known problem was previously documented in the Installation
and Update Guide. This section includes an addendum to the
original instructions whereby the
maxusers tunable value may
vary on the type of system.
After a successful cold install, the system starts displaying
console messages such as kthread table full or fork
failed console. These messages are logged in
/var/adm/syslog.log.
This is caused by the maxusers kernel tunable not set at high
enough value.
How Do You Know if This Affects You?
An example of what you might see is the following message
logged onto the system console:
kthread: table is full
You would also see the following message being logged in
/var/adm/syslog.log
Jan 30 09:21:39 sd2600 vmunix kthread: table is full