>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. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/