Reducing the number of process and threads

[lukethor]

IS there any way to set up the number of processes and threads in cacti. Mysql is rejecting the connections becuase I have too many threads and processes open

10/31/2007 07:40:02 AM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] ERROR: SQL Cell Failed "select count(*) from poller_item"
10/31/2007 07:40:02 AM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] FATAL: Cannot connect to MySQL server on 'mysql.sys.oakland.edu'. Please make sure you have specified a valid MySQL database name in 'include/config.php'.
10/31/2007 07:10:04 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:3.2145 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:18 HostsPerProcess:18 DataSources:175 RRDsProcessed:91

[gandalf]

You're already running with minimum setup. cmd.php and only one process. I wonder how this should screw up MySQL?
Reinhard