Kernel (arjanv compiled) + memory alloc (4 bytes) returned NULL?

Glen Maeding gmaeding at Kidspeace.org
Tue Apr 13 17:10:29 UTC 2004


Here's what's happening here:

 I "yum" update the kernel and this started from version 2.6.4-1.300
which i am still stuck on because i cannot update to a later kernel
created in rawhide or by arjanv.  I am using Fedora Core 1 with some
updated stuff from rawhide. So look at what the message says at the end
- 

>>[root at gmaeding Linux]# yum -y update kernel
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Test Linux 2.6-test prerelease kernels for RHL9/rawhide
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - core
Server: Evolution Devel Snaps
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - fedora-core-update-testing
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - freshrpms
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - updates
Server: Fedora Linux 1 - i386 - updates-released
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
getting
/var/cache/yum/2.6testkernels/headers/kernel-source-0-2.6.5-1.321.i386.hdr
kernel-source-0-2.6.5-1.3 100% |=========================| 454 kB   
00:01
getting
/var/cache/yum/2.6testkernels/headers/kernel-0-2.6.5-1.321.i686.hdr
kernel-0-2.6.5-1.321.i686 100% |=========================| 172 kB   
00:00
getting
/var/cache/yum/2.6testkernels/headers/kernel-smp-0-2.6.5-1.321.i586.hdr
kernel-smp-0-2.6.5-1.321. 100% |=========================| 171 kB   
00:00
getting
/var/cache/yum/2.6testkernels/headers/kernel-doc-0-2.6.5-1.321.i386.hdr
kernel-doc-0-2.6.5-1.321. 100% |=========================|  24 kB   
00:00
getting
/var/cache/yum/2.6testkernels/headers/kernel-smp-0-2.6.5-1.321.i686.hdr
kernel-smp-0-2.6.5-1.321. 100% |=========================| 171 kB   
00:00
Resolving dependencies
Dependencies resolved
I will do the following:
[install: kernel 2.6.5-1.321.i686]
Getting kernel-2.6.5-1.321.i686.rpm
kernel-2.6.5-1.321.i686.r 100% |=========================|  14 MB   
00:42
Running test transaction:
Test transaction complete, Success!
memory alloc (4 bytes) returned NULL.<<

Now I googled the net for this and only came up with one good hit which
was a guy who ran into this problem related to rpm on RH version 7.2
which isnt the case here.  The rest are garbage.  I checked bugzilla for
redhat and couldnt find one matching this kind of thing.  If you could
find one, please do let me know.  But no matter what kind of kernel im
trying to update, i get that same "memory alloc (4 bytes) returned NULL"
message and end up not having an updated kernel to test out.  Any help
here?


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