SUMMARY: Memory Problem?

From: Chris_Baldwin.DlosLC@xerox.com
Date: Thu Oct 28 1993 - 21:18:20 CDT


Original question: Received the message...
 Fork failed
 ld.so: swap space exhausted for mmap data of /usr/lib/libc.so.1.8
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And the jury is in. Thanks to the overwhelming and very consistent response,
the problem was indeed caused by a lack of sufficient swap space. In fact, the
available swap space was less than 1/2 of actual memory! I did a mkfile to add
more swap and haven't had a problem since (which is very good considering that
our user base just increased by 20+ people!)

Many thanks to all 31 of you who responded. You may have saved me and my
project from a great deal of embarrassment...

Many thanks also to those of you who gave me great tips on how to
monitor/detect memory problems on an ongoing basis.

Regards,

CHRIS BALDWIN
Xerox Corporation
Southern Program Office
1301 Ridgeview Dr, MS R382-410
Lewisville, TX USA
Chris_Baldwin.dloslc@Xerox.com
214-420-5147



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