[ale] "out of memory" error and dying processes

[Liberie F. Cunha-Neto]

Check if you are usind SHM FS in your kernel config
-->File Systems -> Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)

and if you have this lines in your fstab 
 /dev/shm        tmpfs           defaults 


good luck



On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:16:50 -0400
"David S. Jackson" <dsj at dsj.net> wrote:

> 
> I'm getting terminating processes due to persistent out of memory
> error:
> 
> Out of Memory: Killed process 9672 (MozillaFirebird).
> Out of Memory: Killed process 9674 (MozillaFirebird).
> Out of Memory: Killed process 9675 (MozillaFirebird).
> Out of Memory: Killed process 9676 (MozillaFirebird).
> Out of Memory: Killed process 9678 (MozillaFirebird).s
> Out of Memory: Killed process 10359 (MozillaFirebird).
> Out of Memory: Killed process 10836 (updatedb).
> Out of Memory: Killed process 16343 (mozilla-bin).
> Out of Memory: Killed process 16349 (mozilla-bin).
> Out of Memory: Killed process 16350 (mozilla-bin).
> Out of Memory: Killed process 16351 (mozilla-bin).
> Out of Memory: Killed process 16353 (mozilla-bin).
> Out of Memory: Killed process 16395 (gkrellm).
> Out of Memory: Killed process 16361 (updatedb).
> 
> This system is an Athlon XP 1.5 Ghz with 512MB ram and 489940 swap.
> Free says:
> 
> [dsj at scee ~]$ free
> 	    total       used       free    shared     buffers   cached
> Mem:        256292     164516      91776   0   	      7684      81236
> -/+ buffers/cache:      75596     180696
> Swap:       489940      76280     413660
> 
> 
> Any ideas on how to approach solving this problem?
> 
> TIA!
> 
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> David S. Jackson                                dsj at dsj.net
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