I inherited a system that was experiencing OOM errors as well and when I looked at it there was no swap turned on. It has been allocated, but never turned on. Once I got the swap working my problems went away. Regards, Marshall >-----Original Message----- >From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of >Andrew.Bridgeman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:50 AM >To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list >Subject: RE: Out of Memory - continued > > > > > >I have also just noticed that the following text comes up when >i do a free >-m. Does this mean i have no dedicated swap space on the hard >disk with the >OS on it. If this is the case can i add some dynamically with >out messing >up the operating system, as i have 2 gig free on the OS disk currently? > > total used free shared buffers > cached >Mem: 2006 94 1912 0 7 > 43 >-/+ buffers/cache: 43 1963 >Swap: 0 0 0 > >Any advice would be great. > >Regards > >[IMAGE] >----- Forwarded by Andrew Bridgeman/UK/Corus on 23/01/2008 12:42 ----- >|+------+--------------------------------------------------| >|| And| To: General Red Hat Linux | >|| rew| discussion list <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> | >|| Bri| cc: | >|| dge| Subject: RE: Out of Memory - | >|| man| continuedLink | >|| | | >|| 23/| | >|| 01/| | >|| 200| | >|| 8 | | >|| 10:| | >|| 21 | | >|| | | >|+------+--------------------------------------------------| > > > >For now I have put the settings back to Overcommit_memory=0 and >Overcommit_ratio=50 which was the default settings. The setting i tried >though was Overcomitt_memory=1 and Overcommit_ratio=50 ( with >this setting >the errors still occurred). > >Regards > >[IMAGE] >|+-----------------------------+------------------------------- >-----------| >|| "Gerrard Geldenhuis" | > | >|| <Gerrard.Geldenhuis@dataca| To: "General >Red Hat | >|| sh.com> | Linux discussion list" > | >|| Sent by: | <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > | >|| redhat-list-bounces@redhat| cc: > | >|| .com | Subject: RE: >Out of | >|| | Memory - continued > | >|| 23/01/2008 10:02 | > | >|| Please respond to General | > | >|| Red Hat Linux discussion | > | >|| list | > | >|| | > | >|+-----------------------------+------------------------------- >-----------| > > > > > > >Hi Andrew, >Could you specify what you Overcommit_memory and other >relevant settings >are at the moment. > >> I have had a play around with the Overcommit_memory settings and >> Overcommit_ratio settings and i am still getting "Out of Memory - >killed >> process" errors. One thing i did notice was the errors are appearing >on >> our > >-- >redhat-list mailing list >unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > >(Embedded image moved to file: pic20307.jpg)(Embedded image >moved to file: >pic26793.jpg) > >********************************************************************** >This transmission is confidential and must not be used or disclosed by >anyone other than the intended recipient. Neither Corus Group >Limited nor >any of its subsidiaries can accept any responsibility for any use or >misuse of the transmission by anyone. > >For address and company registration details of certain entities >within the Corus group of companies, please visit >http://www.corusgroup.com/entities > >********************************************************************** > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
