client crashes constantly & consistently

[Xyzzyx Al'Hakim]

OS: Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon edition
Kernel: 6.17.0-14-generic
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (32) @ 5.883G
Memory: A metric shit-ton

Behavior observed:
Client launches normally and runs for several seconds (sometimes almost a whole minute) before crashing.

gdb backtrace follows:

[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
[Detaching after fork from child process 21939]
process 21932 is executing new program: /tmp/.mount_SoulsewNf1pE/SoulseekQt
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
warning: could not find '.gnu_debugaltlink' file for /tmp/.mount_SoulsewNf1pE/lib/libpulse.so.0
warning: could not find '.gnu_debugaltlink' file for /tmp/.mount_SoulsewNf1pE/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
warning: could not find '.gnu_debugaltlink' file for /tmp/.mount_SoulsewNf1pE/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0
warning: could not find '.gnu_debugaltlink' file for /tmp/.mount_SoulsewNf1pE/lib/libpulsecommon-13.99.so
warning: could not find '.gnu_debugaltlink' file for /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbrotlidec.so.1
warning: could not find '.gnu_debugaltlink' file for /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbrotlicommon.so.1
[New Thread 0x7ffff17ff6c0 (LWP 21945)]
[New Thread 0x7ffff0ffe6c0 (LWP 21946)]
[New Thread 0x7fffebfff6c0 (LWP 21951)]
[New Thread 0x7fffeb7fe6c0 (LWP 21952)]
[New Thread 0x7fffeaffd6c0 (LWP 21964)]
warning: could not find '.gnu_debugaltlink' file for /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2
[New Thread 0x7fffea7fc6c0 (LWP 21966)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe9ffb6c0 (LWP 21967)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe97fa6c0 (LWP 21968)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe8ff96c0 (LWP 21969)]
[New Thread 0x7fffc7fff6c0 (LWP 21970)]
TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- The next frame was not consistent with this frame.
TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- The next frame was not consistent with this frame.
TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid MPEG version bits.
--- [ about eight billion more TagLib errors omitted here] ---
TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid MPEG layer bits.
TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid sample rate.
TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- The next frame was not consistent with this frame.
[New Thread 0x7fffc6ffd6c0 (LWP 22074)]
[New Thread 0x7fffc67fc6c0 (LWP 22075)]
[New Thread 0x7fffc5ffb6c0 (LWP 22191)]
[New Thread 0x7fffc57fa6c0 (LWP 22192)]
[New Thread 0x7fffc4ff96c0 (LWP 22193)]

(process:21932): GLib-ERROR **: 06:59:07.326: Creating pipes for GWakeup: Too many open files

(process:21932): GLib-ERROR **: 06:59:07.326: Creating pipes for GWakeup: Too many open files

(process:21932): GLib-ERROR **: 06:59:07.326: Creating pipes for GWakeup: Too many open files

Thread 15 "AppRun" received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
[Switching to Thread 0x7fffc5ffb6c0 (LWP 22191)]
0x00007ffff5d24295 in ?? () from /tmp/.mount_SoulsewNf1pE/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0

[David Kay]

You need to increase your max open file hard and soft limits for your user. Google will be your friend in this endeavor.

[David Kay]

https://ploi.io/documentation/server/how-do-i-fix-the-too-many-open-files-error