Gulp with livereload enabled errors out

[motleytech]

After cloning ReactStarter and npm install.... I ran gulp which immediately errors out after the build (I believe livereload is the culprit, as disabling livereload in gulpfile.js prevents gulp from dying... but, obviously, livereload no longer works)

host:ReactStarter username$ gulp
[11:28:14] Using gulpfile ~/programs/react/ReactStarter/gulpfile.js
[11:28:14] Starting 'build'...
[11:28:14] Finished 'build' after 3.72 ms
[11:28:14] Starting 'serve'...
[11:28:14] Starting 'sass'...
[11:28:14] Finished 'sass' after 3.98 ms
[11:28:14] Starting 'watch'...
[11:28:14] Finished 'watch' after 6.29 ms
[11:28:14] Webserver started at http://localhost:8000
2015-11-22 11:28 gulp[49791] (FSEvents.framework) FSEventStreamStart: register_with_server: ERROR: f2d_register_rpc() => (null) (-21)

... snip ...

2015-11-22 11:28 gulp[49791] (FSEvents.framework) FSEventStreamStart: register_with_server: ERROR: f2d_register_rpc() => (null) (-21)
fs.js:1062
    throw errnoException(process._errno, 'watch');
          ^
2015-11-22 11:28 gulp[49791] (FSEvents.framework) FSEventStreamStart: register_with_server: ERROR: f2d_register_rpc() => (null) (-21)
2015-11-22 11:28 gulp[49791] (FSEvents.framework) FSEventStreamStart: register_with_server: ERROR: f2d_register_rpc() => (null) (-21)
Error: watch EMFILE
    at errnoException (fs.js:1030:11)
    at FSWatcher.start (fs.js:1062:11)
    at Object.fs.watch (fs.js:1087:11)
    at watch (/Users/username/programs/react/ReactStarter/node_modules/gulp-server-livereload/node_modules/node-watch/lib/watch.js:221:8)
    at /Users/username/programs/react/ReactStarter/node_modules/gulp-server-livereload/node_modules/node-watch/lib/watch.js:230:9
    at /Users/username/programs/react/ReactStarter/node_modules/gulp-server-livereload/node_modules/node-watch/lib/watch.js:41:14
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at /Users/username/programs/react/ReactStarter/node_modules/gulp-server-livereload/node_modules/node-watch/lib/watch.js:38:18
    at ReaddirReq.Req.done (/Users/username/programs/react/ReactStarter/node_modules/watchify/node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/readdirp/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:143:5)
    at ReaddirReq.done (/Users/username/programs/react/ReactStarter/node_modules/watchify/node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/readdirp/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:90:22)
2015-11-22 11:28 gulp[49791] (FSEvents.framework) FSEventStreamStart: register_with_server: ERROR: f2d_register_rpc() => (null) (-21)

Running npm install gulp-server-livereload does not fix the issue. The other similar unresolved issue on this repo suggests that reinstalling (or upgrading) livereload solved their problem. However, that didn't work in my case. I am still seeing the exact same error.

Any help is appreciated... it would be good to get livereload working.

[lnegi]

Remove the livereload part for the moment and just run the server .pipe(server({
open: true
})); until we get some response on the issue.

[sheadawson]

I'm also getting this error, would be nice to get a proper solution

[codervince]

Yes, am continuing with the course sans live-reload but would like to know how to get it to work. In the course discussions, some people obviously have