Nuno,
what does
ulimit -a
say (assuming you are running on Unix)?
ulimit tells the limits set for the user.
I think there are also hard limits decided
at kernel compile time.
What does
free
say?
Regards,
Heikki
http://www.innodb.com
>Nuno Dias wrote:
>
>> I installed mysql with innodb support on a machine with 2G of RAM.>
>> The manual recommends that one should set innodb_buffer_pool_size in
my.cnf to
>up to 80% of the physical memory available.
>
>> However, if I set a value above 50M!!! I get this error:
>
>> Innobase: Fatal error: cannot allocate memory!
>> Innobase: Cannot continue operation!
>> Innobase: Check if you can increase the swap file of your
>> Innobase: operating system.
> 010906 15:31:27 mysqld ended
>
>> Anyone as any clue about this?
> > --> Nuno Dias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Novis - Dir. Rede - ISP <http://www.novis.pt/>
>> Ed. Atrium Saldanha - Pça. Dq. de Saldanha, 1, 7o / 1050 - 094 Lisboa
>> tel: +351 21 0104437 - fax: +351 21 0104301>
>> I may not be able to walk, but I drive from a sitting position.
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