From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Oct 12 06:10:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA18673 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 06:10:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA18646 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 06:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) id GAA09557; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 06:10:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 06:10:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199810121310.GAA09557@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) Subject: Re: bin/8275: w/top/etc randomly fail with 'Cannot allocate memory' Reply-To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/8275; it has been noted by GNATS. From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: root@shell1.dragondata.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/8275: w/top/etc randomly fail with 'Cannot allocate memory' Date: 12 Oct 1998 15:08:24 +0200 "home.dragondata.com" writes: > bash-2.02# w > 1:10PM up 19 days, 54 mins, 7 users, load averages: 0.08, 0.48, 0.73 > USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT > w: kvm_getprocs: Cannot allocate memory: Cannot allocate memory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ can.not () ('kan-(.){a:}t; k*-'n{a:}t, ka-') can not -- cannot but to be bound to: MUST al.lo.cate (vt) ('al-*-.k{a-}t) Etymology: ML i[allocatus], pp. of i[allocare], fr. L i[ad-] + i[locare] to place, fr. i[locus] place -- more at STALL] 1) vt, to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things: DISTRIBUTE 2) vt, ASSIGN, DESIGNATE syn. see allot; -- al.lo.ca.tion, n (.al-*-'k{a-}-sh*n) mem.o.ry (n) ('mem-(*-)r{e-}) Etymology: ME i[memorie], fr. MF i[memoire], fr. L i[memoria], fr. i[memor] mindful; akin to OE i[mimorian] to remember, L i[mora] delay, Gk i[merm{e-}ra] care, Skt i[smarati] he remembers 1) a) n, the power or process of reproducing or recalling what has been learnedand retained esp. through associative mechanisms b) n, persistent modification of structure or behavior resulting from an organism's activity or experience c) n, the store of things learned and retained as evidenced by recall and recognition 2) a) n, commemorative remembrance b) n, the fact or condition of being remembered 3) a) n, a particular act of recall or recollection b) n, an image or impression of someone or something remembered c) n, the time within which past events can be or are remembered 4) n, a component in an electronic computing machine into which information can be inserted, stored, and extracted when needed Synonyms: i[syn] REMEMBRANCE, RECOLLECTION, REMINISCENCE]; MEMORY applies both to the power of remembering and to what is remembered; REMEMBRANCE applies to the act of remembering or the fact of being remembered; RECOLLECTION adds an implication of consciously bringing back to mind often with some effort; REMINISCENCE suggests the recalling of incidents, experience, or feelings from a remote past > >Fix: > Not sure, if someone has any clues, let me know and I'll start looking > though. Add more memory or swap to your computer. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message