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#! rnews 1531 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed3.bbnplanet.com!netlabs.net!usenet From: Vince <vjb@netlabs.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSDI 2.1 & INN 1.4unoff4 Problem Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 21:48:46 -0500 Organization: INL Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3295148E.56C6@netlabs.net> References: <arodriguez-1311961154230001@power-dog.bridge.net> Reply-To: vjb@netlabs.net NNTP-Posting-Host: dyn59.netlabs.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) To: Alex Rodriguez <arodriguez@bridge.net> Alex Rodriguez wrote: > > I have recently set up a new news server. It is on a P-133 with 128mb of > ram, I am using BSDI 2.1 and INN 1.4unoff4. My problem is I seem to be > having memory errors, I will post the log below. Anyone have any idea whats > up? > > Nov 12 10:55:47 skyway innd: ME cant fork /usr/contrib/lib/news/in.nnrpd > Cannot allocate memory > Nov 12 10:55:54 skyway innd: ME cant fork /usr/contrib/lib/news/in.nnrpd > Cannot allocate memory > I have the same problem crop up on my system BSDI 2.01 and INN 1.4unoff4. If I do a ps -auxw I see many instances of a news connection in the "connect" phase. And it has the result of eating all the memory. Unfortunately I don't have a fix. But I kill off the connect processes to get me through. Vince