From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 16 12:51:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA18579 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 16 Mar 1997 12:51:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA18573 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 1997 12:51:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.8.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id MAA13614; Sun, 16 Mar 1997 12:51:29 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199703162051.MAA13614@root.com> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Cliff Addy cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mmap failure on > 6 telnets In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 16 Mar 1997 10:00:25 EST." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 12:51:29 -0800 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I just installed 2.1.6 on a new system (yes, I know about 2.1.7, but >Walnut Creek hasn't seen fit to send my subscription copy yet and ftp >install failed). Anyhow, if I start more than 6 or so telnet sessions, >the last one locks up and attempts to run anything else results in a >"mmap failure: 12", an incredibly helpful error message as you can see. >It also affects attempts to log in via console, so a power-off-on reboot >is the only recovery. I also came in this morning and found it in this >state when noone had been accessing the machine all night except for ftp. >A look with top right before the lockup shows over 38 megs of free RAM. > >Our 2.1.5 systems have never exibited this kind of problem. Can someone >give me some ideas on what is going wrong here? Sounds like you have no swap space configured. Error "12" is ENOMEM. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project