On 19May2008 10:36, mark <markkicks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | I upgraded to FC9 from FC8, I never had a problem with FC8. Now I get | this error when I try to start a python app, or do anything on a | regular basis. | I have over 13GB free RAM, and only 2GB of it is used. The box is a | dual quad core Intel Xeon 5405 with 16GB RAM. I wish I had such a box:-) | bash fork: Resource temporarily unavailable | uname -a | Linux XXX 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 13 04:54:47 EDT 2008 | x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux | | free -m | total used free shared buffers cached | Mem: 16086 3189 12896 0 42 666 | -/+ buffers/cache: 2481 13605 | Swap: 1983 0 1983 | | In /var/log/messages this is the only weird message | May 19 10:32:16 XXX kernel: possible SYN flooding on port 80. Sending cookies. Are you running a web server? It may be forking like mad trying to service these requests... | have only 425 processes running | ps aux | wc -l | 425 Does "ps axf" tell you anything useful/unusual? I find it more helpful than "aux" because it shows the parent/child tree. Hmm, another thought. See what ulimit says about your process limit; maybe F9 have some default limits that F8 did not. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ A long-forgotten loved one will appear soon. Buy the negatives at any price. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list