[ILUG] Return of the 'Unable to fork' monster

[Gary Mc Closkey]

2.2.12 has a (slow) memory leak that can be patched. As for swap size - watch out for the religion war :)

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Gary Mc Closkey
Digital Terrestrial Television Network
Radio Telefis Eireann (RTE), Ireland
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+-----Original Message-----
+From: ilug-admin at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at linux.ie]On Behalf Of Tony
+Bolger
+One of my rather overspeced linux servers had an attack of the old
+'Unable to fork' problem on Sunday. Normally, this would be annoying
+enough, but on a server with 400MB of free RAM, its just not on. This
+machine is a 2.2.12 box, and needed a reboot to fix. Free command gives:
+List maintainer: listmaster at linux.ie