[Asterisk-Users] Warning Unable to allocate socket

[Eric Wieling aka ManxPower]

Kamran Ahmad wrote:
> i m getting follwing messages in asterisk-1.0.9 what
> is the reason calls are not going out. can u pls tel
> me how to solve this
> 
> Aug 20 13:06:09 WARNING[7706]: rtp.c:829 ast_rtcp_new:
> Unable to allocate socket: Too many open files
> Aug 20 13:06:09 WARNING[7706]: channel.c:311
> ast_channel_alloc: Alert pipe creation failed!
> Aug 20 13:06:09 WARNING[7706]: chan_sip.c:2081
> sip_new: Unable to allocate channel structure
> Aug 20 13:06:09 NOTICE[7706]: chan_sip.c:7469
> handle_request: Unable to create/find channel
> Aug 20 13:06:22 WARNING[7706]: acl.c:216
> ast_lookup_iface: Unable to get IP of eth0: Bad file
> descriptor

stop asterisk, then start asterisk.  Asterisk (at least 1.0.9) can leak 
file descriptors in some situations and you should restart Asterisk 
every once in a while.