Re: Unable to load interpreter ???

[Stefan Boresch <stefan mdy univie ac at>]

> You wonder that it cannot load anything without having memory? 

No, you misunderstand my question / complaint.  The system ought
to have memory:  E.g. I have

256MB RAM, > 300MB swapspace, so in an easy calculation, let's say
I have > 500MB of virtual memory.  

I can trigger the 'Cannot load interpreter' error by running a little
program (as I pointed out, the one D. Gilbert posted here a while 
ago) that accesses in an infinite loop appr. 260MB of memory. So,
knowing that the kernel needs some memory, it's clear that I will see
swapping, and I do.  Top clearly shows that some swap space is used,
but I am way below 500 MB of virtual memory.  Nevertheless, after
an hour or so, the 'Cannot load interpreter' error crops up.  This is
what I don't understand...

> 
> > But if I understand this right, than I am looking at a memory management
> > bug, or not...?
> 
> It's not a bug. People seem to think every point they don't understand is
> a MM bug.

I now understand the error message better (thanks!), but I also stand
by my original question (see info given above).

Stefan Boresch