I basically worked around this issue by doing the following on the same server:-
aptitude purge ipvsadm aptitude install git-core build-essential autoconf automake autotools- dev dh-make debhelper devscripts fakeroot libpopt-dev libnl-dev dpatch mkdir tmp && cd tmp git clone git://github.com/formorer/pkg-ipvsadm.git cd pkg-ipvsadm dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot cd .. dpkg -i ipvsadm_1.25_i386.deb dpkg-reconfigure ipvsadm ipvsadm -A -t $VIP:$PORT -s rr working layer 4 lb. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to ipvsadm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1028585 Title: Memory allocation problem with ipvsadm To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ipvsadm/+bug/1028585/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs