--- gpm-1.20.1/src/prog/gpm-root.y.openmax	2002-12-24 23:57:16.000000000 +0100
+++ gpm-1.20.1/src/prog/gpm-root.y	2007-07-24 20:45:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -525,7 +525,9 @@
 	            open("/dev/null",O_RDONLY); /* stdin  */
 	            open(consolename,O_WRONLY); /* stdout */
 	            dup(1);                     /* stderr */  
-	            for (i=3;i<OPEN_MAX; i++) close(i);
+		    int open_max = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
+		    if (open_max == -1) open_max = 1024;
+	            for (i=3;i<open_max; i++) close(i);
 	            execl("/bin/sh","sh","-c",self->arg,(char *)NULL);
 	            exit(1); /* shouldn't happen */
 	         default: return 0;
--- gpm-1.20.1/src/special.c.openmax	2007-07-24 20:45:46.000000000 +0200
+++ gpm-1.20.1/src/special.c	2007-07-24 20:45:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@
       open(GPM_NULL_DEV,O_RDONLY); /* stdin  */
       open(console.device, O_WRONLY); /* stdout */
       dup(1);                     /* stderr */
-      for (i=3;i<OPEN_MAX; i++) close(i);
+      int open_max = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
+      if (open_max == -1) open_max = 1024;
+      for (i=3;i<open_max; i++) close(i);
       execl("/bin/sh","sh","-c",command,(char *)NULL);
       exit(1); /* shouldn't happen */