Re: FC7 problem udevd: udev_event_run: fork of child failed: cannot allocate memory spewing over and over again on the console.

[Harald Hoyer <harald@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce Keats wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> With the latest set of updates within FC7, I are now seeing this message 
> on several systems. 
>  
> udevd[581]: udev_event_run: fork of child failed: cannot allocate memory
>  
> The message occurs at boot just after udev starts.  The message is 
> repeatedly constantly and there does not appear to be any way out.  
> Control-C doesn't do anything.  The message keeps repeating without any 
> end.
>  
> We have seen this on different H/W platforms.  One is a dell laptop.  
> One is an server with dual Xeon with 4 gig RAM.  RAM tests on all the 
> H/W checkouts OK.  All H/W was running FC7 OK before.  All systems are 
> running the latest kernel with all the lastest updates.
>  
> This seems to have started in the last couple of days or so.  I can't 
> seem to find any way around it.
>  
> Is anyone else encountering the same problem?  Any ideas how to track 
> down the cause?  Any ideas on how to fix it or get around it to the 
> systems up?
>  
> Thanks,
> Bruce

Hmm, first report. Haven't seen anything like that from other users. Was 
there a kernel update in the last days?