Kbase P8646: Unable to fork subprocess on SCO OpenServer.
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
11/3/2004 |
|
Status: Verified
FACT(s) (Environment):
SCO OpenServer 5.0.5
SCO OpenServer 5.0.6
SYMPTOM(s):
Unable to fork a process.
Increasing the NPROC and NSWAP does not apply.
SYSTEM ERROR: Too many subprocesses, cannot fork. Errno=<number>. (358)
CAUSE:
Insufficient swap space.
FIX:
SCO Openserver 5 has a dynamic kernel. Increasing NPROC or NSWAP will not resolve the issue. To resolve the issue, swap space needs to be increased. Swap space should be at least 2 times the amount of physical memory. Increase the swap space by issuing the following commands:
1. Login as root
2. At shell prompt issue these commands:
# touch /swap
# swap -a /swap 0 60000
This will add 30MB of swap space to the System.