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

[David S. Jackson]

On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 08:59:22PM -0600 Joe Knapka <jknapka at kneuro.net> wrote:
> "David S. Jackson" <dsj at dsj.net> writes:
> > [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
> 
> Hmm. Wouldn't you expect "Mem: total" to be something closer to 512M?
> Perhaps you are using DIMMs that aren't completely compatible
> with you mobo. I've seen some mobos use only half the capacity
> of some memory that doesn't match the mobo specs.

This is a really good point.  I tried out a new brand of motherboard
on this box with some ddr ram.  I have warranties on all of it; it
might be time to see how well they work!

-- 
David S. Jackson                                dsj at dsj.net
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
This life is a test.  It is only a test.  Had this been an
actual life, you would have received further instructions as
to what to do and where to go.