Getting strange behavior from terminal and iTerm “-bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable”

Question

When I open iTerm, I\'m getting this message:

Last login: Mon Oct 22 12:20:25 on ttys002
-bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
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Answer 1

See setting higher limits on the number of processes.

http://blog.ghostinthemachines.com/2010/01/19/mac-os-x-fork-resource-temporarily-unavailable/