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

[Bruce Keats]

I finally tracked it down to some changes that were added to the sysctl to
keep the OOM killer at bay.

The offending lines were:
vm.overcommit_memory=2
vm.overcommit_ratio=0

Bruce


On 9/19/07, Bruce Keats <brucekeats at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am using the 2.6.22.5-76 kernel.  When I try and use the 2.6.22.1-41kernel, I get the same result even though the
> 2.6.22.1-41 kernel has worked on those machines in the past.
>
> I am using udev-113.12.  I get the same result if I roll back to
> udev-113.11.
>
> Booting into single user mode also fails.  It gets stuck in the same spot.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce
>
>
>  On 9/19/07, Harald Hoyer <harald at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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?
> >
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