>It will refuse to load the program if that would use enough memory that >the system cannot be sure it will not run out of memory having done so. >You probably need a lot more swap. thanks for ur reply.. but I am running the application on an embedded device and have no swap.. what do I need to do in this case?? Regards, Abu. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs