> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Manuel Arostegui Ramirez > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:25 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: grep: memory exhausted > > El Martes, 19 de Septiembre de 2006 17:16, Bill Tangren escribió: > > I am occasionally getting the following kernel message: > > > > Sep 19 08:54:02 mach2 kernel: usbhid: probe of 3-2.4:1.1 failed with > error > > -5 > > > > I did a grep to find all occurrences of usbhid in the logs, and this is > > what happened: > > > > # cd /var/log > > # grep usbhid * > > anaconda.syslog:<6>usbcore: registered new driver usbhid > > dmesg:usbcore: registered new driver usbhid > > grep: memory exhausted > > > > I found this unusual, as I have 2 GB of ram (not a lot these days, but > more > > than I've ever had before). > > > > Does anyone know why grep would be exhausting available ram? > > Maybe is a /proc issue. > Maybe grep is eating all the input it can from files in /proc. > > Just an opinion. > > -- > Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. > what does a #ls -hal /var/log tell you? Regards, Gavin McDonald ======================== EVI Logistic Enterprises email: me@xxxxxxxxxxxx phone: (604) 313-3845 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
