Comment 14 for bug 463347

/proc/pid/fd/ on Christophes' system:

lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1000 -> /dev/.udev/links/dvd
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1001 -> /dev/.udev/links/dvdrw
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1002 -> /dev/.udev/links/scd0
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1003 -> /dev/.udev/links/disk\x2fby-path\x2fpci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1004 -> /dev/.udev/links/cdrom
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1005 -> /dev/.udev/links/cdrw
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1006 -> /dev/.udev/links/dvd
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1007 -> /dev/.udev/links/dvdrw
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1008 -> /dev/.udev/links/scd0
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1009 -> /dev/.udev/links/disk\x2fby-path\x2fpci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 101 -> /dev/.udev/links/dvdrw
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1010 -> /dev/.udev/links/cdrom
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1011 -> /dev/.udev/links/cdrw
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1012 -> /dev/.udev/links/dvd
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1013 -> /dev/.udev/links/dvdrw
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1014 -> /dev/.udev/links/scd0
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 15:58 1015 -> /dev/.udev/links/disk\x2fby-path\x2fpci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-1:0:0:0
[...]

On my own system (where stuff works), I also have many repeated fds, but not up to 1024, but to 45 only:

lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 16:01 10 -> /dev/.udev/links/disk\x2fby-id\x2fusb-0204_Flash_Disk_2518140190946614-0:0-part1
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 16:01 11 -> /dev/.udev/links/disk\x2fby-path\x2fpci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:8.2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 16:01 12 -> /dev/.udev/links/disk\x2fby-uuid\x2f33C1-15B4
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 16:01 13 -> /dev/.udev/links/disk\x2fby-label\x2fUBUINSTALL
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 16:01 14 -> /dev/.udev/links/disk\x2fby-id\x2fusb-0204_Flash_Disk_2518140190946614-0:0-part1
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 16:01 15 -> /dev/.udev/links/disk\x2fby-path\x2fpci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:8.2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 16:01 16 -> /dev/.udev/links/disk\x2fby-uuid\x2f33C1-15B4
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 16:01 17 -> /dev/.udev/links/disk\x2fby-label\x2fUBUINSTALL
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 2009-11-02 16:01 18 -> /dev/.udev/links/disk\x2fby-id\x2fusb-0204_Flash_Disk_2518140190946614-0:0-part1

Something is looping here..