LMS Connection timeouts 7.8.0 git

seem to keep getting these in the log:

[14-03-12 16:18:10.7511] Slim::Networking::SqueezeNetwork::Players::_player s_error (337) Unable to get players from SN: Connect timed out: Too many open files, retrying in 94435200 seconds
[14-03-12 16:18:12.0016] Slim::Utils::Prefs::Namespace::savenow (339) Error: can't save /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs/server.prefs: Too many open files at /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Slim/Utils/Prefs/Namespace.pm line 328.
[14-03-12 16:18:12.7347] Slim::Networking::SqueezeNetwork::Players::_player s_error (337) Unable to get players from SN: Connect timed out: Too many open files, retrying in 94521600 seconds
[14-03-12 16:18:13.8518] Slim::Networking::SqueezeNetwork::_error (604) Unable to login to SN: Connect timed out: Too many open files
[14-03-12 16:18:13.8523] Slim::Networking::SqueezeNetwork::Players::_player s_error (337) Unable to get players from SN: Connect timed out: Too many open files, retrying in 94608000 seconds
[14-03-12 16:18:14.7703] Slim::Networking::SqueezeNetwork::Players::_player s_error (337) Unable to get players from SN: Connect timed out: Too many open files, retrying in 94694400 seconds
[14-03-12 16:18:14.7765] Slim::Networking::SqueezeNetwork::_error (604) Unable to login to SN: Connect timed out: Too many open files
[14-03-12 16:18:14.7770] Slim::Networking::SqueezeNetwork::Players::_player s_error (337) Unable to get players from SN: Connect timed out: Too many open files, retrying in 94780800 seconds
[14-03-12 16:18:16.8694] Slim::Networking::SqueezeNetwork::Players::_player s_error (337) Unable to get players from SN: Connect timed out: Too many open files, retrying in 94867200 seconds

This only seems to happen when i have 3 squeezeboxes or more on the network. with just 2, all is fine.