[plug] Memory Alloc error?

[Simon Scott]

	Sounds like either

	a) your kernel is broken somehow - which kernel are you running?
	b) You have hardware problems that is causing a malloc to fail - or
perhaps, quite literally, the malloc is failing due to not enough memory
	c) There is some broken version of rpm - but it looks like the
malloc is failing, something beyond the application's control

	Are you running a swap partition?

	How much RAM have you got?

	What are you running on the box?

	What does 'top' say about memory?




	From:	Ben Jensz <jensz at wn.com.au> on 18/09/2001 11:56 AM
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	Subject:	[plug] Memory Alloc error?

	Hey all,

	When I try to install the libpcap RPM, it comes up with this error:

	[root at dugong /root]# rpm -ivh libpcap-0.4-19.i386.rpm
	Preparing...                memory alloc (3663422781 bytes) returned
NULL.

	This is on a Red Hat 6.2 system... the whole RPM system in general
is acting
	really screwy at the moment on this system as well.

	Anyone got any thoughts?

	TIA


	/ Ben




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