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-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm
index 0cdd2e2a..357bd216 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/InboxIdle.pm
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ sub in2_arm ($$) { # PublicInbox::Config::each_inbox callback
                 $self->{on_unlock}->{$w->name} = $ibx;
         } else {
                 warn "E: ".ref($inot)."->watch($lock, IN_MODIFY) failed: $!\n";
+                if ($!{ENOSPC} && $^O eq 'linux') {
+                        warn <<"";
+I: consider increasing /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches
+
+                }
         }
 
         # TODO: detect deleted packs (and possibly other files)