(and i'm not sure if 2.4.10 or the reiserfs code you're using has any memory leaks of its own, but that's something you may want to look into on linux-kernel mailing list archives, perhaps).
-tcl. On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, tc lewis wrote: > > what is running on the machine? anything that uses a lot of memory? > > it sounds like your system is running out of memory. all of those > commands you listed require a fork to run (bash has to fork, then exec the > new program). you would still be able to use bash internal commands (like > "cd"), but that won't get you very far. > > if could also be that you're running out of free file descriptors, but i > think that's supposed to give a different error message to the system. > i've most often seen that message on systems that are using all the memory > (either on purpose or from programs that have memory leaks). > > -tcl. > > > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Dan Egli wrote: > > > There's been a couple of times lately that this has happened. I'm lost as to > > the cause. > > > > All connections to the outside world will stop. So I go over to the console, > > and load up the local login I keep (root is always logged in via tty2). I do > > a netstat to see if something is hitting me. But instead of getting the > > netstat result I get a message saying something to the tune of "fork: > > resource unavbailable". This occurs for ANYTHING, REGARDLESS OF IF IT FORKS. > > i.e. ls will return this. ps will return it, ANYTHING. I cannot even do a > > clean reboot. Only solution is to cold boot and let it fsck the drives. THEN > > all is well. > > > > Has anyone else seen this? How do I fix it? > > > > I'm using 2.4.10 kernel, custom compiled to include reiserfs support on > > RedHat 7.1 > > > > Thanks in advance > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
