Graeme Wilford wrote: [small buffer space] >3 workarounds: > >1) Increase the RAM in your box >[this makes the problem less likely to occur] > >2) add ivtv_dynbuf=0 as an ivtv module option >[this forces ivtv module to allocate all memory it needs at initialisation] > >3) add "vm.min_free_kbytes=16384" to /etc/sysctl.conf or if you don't >have sysctl.conf, add "echo -n 16384 > /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes" >in /etc/rc.local. >[this ensures that 16Mb of free kernel memory is available at any time] > >I used to use (3) but now I use (2) for safety. > > > Thanks for that hint. The second option sounds reasonable to me. I'll go on an try that. What means a "Low mem box"? Which total amount of RAM is preferable?
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