Please increase X server MaxClients

[Anonymous]

I had this issue:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/498652/does-x-window-have-a-maximum-number-limit-on-clients
(seemingly) with way multiple browser tabs, have solved successfully with the provided answer.

Since I find the default 256 obsolete for modern desktop, even for older hardware (which is my case), I would suggest that antiX devs increase the MaxClients option (to maximum 2048?) by default.

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What solution did you choose?

My approach (untested) probably would have been to edit /etc/slim.conf, appending -maxclients 2048 to the xserver_arguments line within the configuration file.

The issue you described and its solution would be a good addition to the tips-n-tricks subforum. I don’t know whether raising the limit would “fly” as a default configuration parameter. antiX caters to systems with older//lesser hardware, and provides xserver-xorg-legacy (packaged by debian?). If the antiX distro shipped a supplementary conf file, e.g. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-maxclients.conf, would the “higher than 512” declared value be universally honored and if so, would its effect increase the likelihood of lesser systems encountering undesirable swap or OOM scenarios?

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I followed the instruction:

# printf 'Section "ServerFlags"\n\tOption "MaxClients" "512"\nEndSection\n' \
        > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-maxclients.conf

except I put 2048 instead of 512:

# printf 'Section "ServerFlags"\n\tOption "MaxClients" "2048"\nEndSection\n' \
        > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-maxclients.conf

To make it properly, the configuration should not be slim display manager -specific

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thanks for sharing the working solution.
I do agree that for general use the solution should not be display//login manager -specific

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