Re: Unable to load interpreter ???

[Sascha Schumann <sas schell de>]

On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Stefan Boresch wrote:

> 
> > 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...

Ok, what does your /proc/sys/kernel/{file-max,inode-max} say?

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