Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 23:38:45 -0600 From: Tim Tsai <tim@futuresouth.com> To: Tom <tom@sdf.com> Cc: up@3.am, FreeBSD ISP List <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why I have to reboot at times; was:RE: uptimes, Woo Hoo Message-ID: <20000105233845.B12339@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10001052119470.14799-100000@misery.sdf.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001051910480.47261-100000@richard2.pil.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10001052119470.14799-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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> > I thought this might be the case *except* I've had amanda complain that it > > is "unable to allocate memory", every couple of weeks or so, and a reboot > > is the only thing that fixes it. I have amanda as a "default" user in > > /etc/login.conf, which has no restrictions (users are a different class > > with lots of restrictions) Actually this is probably a different kind of memory issue. Amanda leaves a shared memory segment behind everytime there is an error. Eventually you run out of shared memory handles (the default is a very small number). Next time it happens run "ipcs" and then "ipcrm -m shm_id" and it should take care of your problem. It's a very common Amanda issue. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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