[ale] "out of memory" error and dying processes

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

David S. Jackson wrote:
> I'm getting terminating processes due to persistent out of memory
> error:
> 
> Out of Memory: Killed process 9672 (MozillaFirebird).
<snip>
> 
> This system is an Athlon XP 1.5 Ghz with 512MB ram and 489940 swap.
> Free says:
> 
> [dsj at scee ~]$ free
> 	    total       used       free    shared     buffers   cached
> Mem:        256292     164516      91776   0   	      7684      81236
> -/+ buffers/cache:      75596     180696
> Swap:       489940      76280     413660
> 
> 
> Any ideas on how to approach solving this problem?

When did you run free?  Seems like you've got a good bit of buffer/cache 
there, not to mention swap.  Can you nail this down at a particular 
time?  If so, run top and see who the memory hog is.

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Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric at 3times25.net

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