[plug] Memory Alloc error?

[Simon Scott]

	Actually, looking at the figures you are probably right. Why would
rpm need to malloc approximately (if my calc is correct) 3.5GIG of RAM? No
wonder it failed.

	Maybe try upgrading rpm?

	Check the rpm errata, and maybe scan the rpm development mailing
lists for anything to do with malloc problems.




	From:	Ben Jensz <jensz at wn.com.au> on 18/09/2001 12:23 PM
	Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
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	Subject:	Re: [plug] Memory Alloc error?

	The machine is running kernel 2.2.19 (SMP capable, its a Dual PIII
500).

	The machine also has 512Mb of RAM in it.  The machine is running
Apache,
	Postfix, Squid and Samba as its main tasks.

	I mean I can compile libpcap and other stuff from source fine.  But
	installing stuff from RPMs _should_ work.

	These are the memory stats from top:

	Mem:   517268K av,  514432K used,    2836K free,   69192K shrd,
39596K
	buff
	Swap:  787144K av,    1904K used,  785240K free
356468K
	cached

	It was installing RPMs fine before, but now its coming up with
errors.  I
	haven't changed anything recently that would affect RPM operations.


	/ Ben

	----- Original Message -----
	From: "Simon Scott" <simon.scott at flexiplan.com>
	To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
	Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 12:03 PM
	Subject: Re: [plug] Memory Alloc error?


	> 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
	> Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
	> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
	> cc:
	>
	> 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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