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From: adoane@ais.net (Andrew J. Doane)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.admin,news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: Problem with INN unoff 4
Date: 9 Jun 1996 13:25:41 -0500
Organization: American Information Systems, Inc.
Lines: 31
Message-ID: <adoane.834344701@eagle.ais.net>
References: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960605121727.10492C-100000@winslow.net66.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: eagle.ais.net
X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #5 (NOV)
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3966 comp.unix.admin:43293 news.software.nntp:23427

Greg Whalin <gwhalin@winslow.net66.com> writes:

>Here is the lowdown.

>Our news server :

>64MB RAM
>Pentium 100 BSDI BSD/OS 2.0.1
>Running INND unoff 4 with the sharedactive patch (same problem without 
>the patch)
>Machine is dedicated to news server only (no other big apps).

>Here is the problem ...  After a reboot, the machine runs fine for a 
>period of about 24 hours (sometimes less).  Then, it stops allowing 
>newsreader connections.  The log files show the message (when this 
>problem is occurring) of:

>flagstaff innd: ME can't fork /usr/contrib/lib/news/in.nnrpd Cannot 
>allocate memory

This is in the FAQ.


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