Re: "Failed to Fork Child Process"
Are you running "stable"?
There is still an outstanding issue with the libc/libpthreads in
"testing" and "unstable" whereby threads are not properly reaped after
termination.
This causes processes to leak and eventually no more threads or
processes can be created.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=325600
There appears to be an upstream fix, according to an entry in the bug,
but I have not yet tried it:
*From:* "Uwe Schindler" <uwe@thetaphi.de>
*To:* <325600@bugs.debian.org>
*Subject:* Seems to be fixed by NPTL
*Date:* Sun, 8 Oct 2006 22:11:28 +0200
Tested today the latest experimental libc6.1 (package version 2.3.999 but
inside is glibc 2.4) and locales package - no more defunct processes!
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Uwe Schindler
H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen
http://www.thetaphi.de
eMail: uwe@thetaphi.de
...tom
Robert Oram wrote:
Greetings!
I have 2 LX164's, and have been running the latest version of Etch
on both for months now. I run several different configurations on
each machine, for testing purposes. While most issues have gone away
with newer releases, one has remained persistent. The machines boot
normally, and seem to run normally for 10 to 40 minutes, but then
begin to produce the same error, no matter what I try to do.
Error: Could no launch menu item
Details: Failed to fork child process
(Resource temporarily unavailable)
This persists until I cycle the power, as it will not allow me to do a
reboot. Any ideas as to the cause or how to fix it? What can I do to
troubleshoot?
Thanks,
Bob
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