Meteor ubuntu startup exception error "watch ENOSPC"

Question

I have an error on my meteor app witch occur immediatly after startup, that says :

=> Meteor server running on: http://localhost:3000/

/home/<me>/.meteor/tools/3cba50c44a/tools/run.js:425
    throw e;
          ^
Error: watch ENOSPC
    at errnoException (fs.js:806:11)
    at FSWatcher.start (fs.js:837:11)
    at Object.fs.watch (fs.js:861:11)
    at _.extend._startDirectoryWatches (/home/<me>/.meteor/tools/3cba50c44a/tools/watch.js:438:14)
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at Function._.each._.forEach (/home/<me>/.meteor/tools/3cba50c44a/lib/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:79:11)
    at _.extend._startDirectoryWatches (/home/<me>/.meteor/tools/3cba50c44a/tools/watch.js:422:7)
    at new Watcher (/home/<me>/.meteor/tools/3cba50c44a/tools/watch.js:294:8)
    at exports.run.startWatching (/home/<me>/.meteor/tools/3cba50c44a/tools/run.js:481:15)
    at /home/<me>/.meteor/tools/3cba50c44a/tools/run.js:613:5
    at exports.inFiber (/home/<me>/.meteor/tools/3cba50c44a/tools/fiber-helpers.js:24:12)

I just have to re-start meteor and it is starting normally.

I'm on ubuntu 12.10, Meteor 0.6.5.1, and packages installed are the following :

insecure
preserve-inputs
jquery
http
standard-app-packages
oauth2
accounts-base
oauth
service-configuration
accounts-ui
random
accounts-oauth
accounts-google

Do anyone have an idea ?

Thanks a lot Philippe

I found a lead after some search : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16748737/grunt-watch-error-waiting-fatal-error-watch-enospc. I've tried the solution with the max inotify change and for now it seems to be working. I'm trying out for a little bit more before closing the question. — geekophil, Aug 29 '13 at 16:04
Hi check the below this . This might help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16748737/grunt-watch-error-waiting-fatal-error-watch-enospc — kds, Oct 09 '13 at 00:30

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 11 '16 at 20:58

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Run this command

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=582222 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p

This will increase quantity of watched files setting for Ubuntu.

answered Jan 11 '16 at 20:58

Viktor Matushevskyi

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '13 at 13:40

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The error ENOSPC means that there isn't enough space on your disk for meteor to run. While i'm not absolutely certain it is the issue it might be something to do with space or permissions.

Have a look with df to see what you have free, or delete some files if this is the issue.

answered Aug 29 '13 at 13:40

Tarang

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thanks ! I did not know what the exact error was. I have check my disks but I have plenty of space left on it so it must be something else. – geekophil Aug 29 '13 at 16:01

Meteor ubuntu startup exception error "watch ENOSPC"

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