# Gulp Watch error on Ubuntu 14.04 [solved]

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/gulp-watch-error-on-ubuntu-14-04-solved/3453
**Category:** sage
**Tags:** gulp
**Created:** 2015-04-08T16:41:48Z
**Posts:** 15
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## Post 4 by @ajithrn — 2015-04-08T17:41:35Z

Finally found the solution :smile:

the reason for the error is there is a limit in the system for how many files can be watched by a user, using the following command in a terminal window we can simply increase the limit …

```
echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=582222 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p
```

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