---
Linux dexter.vps 2.6.18-128.2.1.el5.028stab064.7 #1 SMP Wed Aug 26
15:47:17 MSD 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
---
total used free shared buffers
cached
Mem: 1024000 629444 394556 0 0
0
-/+ buffers/cache: 629444 394556
Swap: 0 0 0
I had a lot more free memory when I tried it because I shut down all my
webservers etc. Currently I have lisp image running that is chewing up
the memory (nearly half).
On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 13:06 +0000, Michael Vogt wrote:
> @Nikolaus Rath: What specs did your system have? How much mem/swap? This
> error is even earlier than most of the problems described in the report,
> it fails already when calling "uname -r".
>
> I wonder if for the others:
> === modified file 'DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py'
> --- DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py 2009-11-03 16:03:25 +0000
> +++ DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py 2009-11-13 13:01:00 +0000
> @@ -1040,6 +1040,18 @@
> logging.error("IOError in cache.commit(): '%s'. Retrying
> (currentTry: %s)" % (e,currentRetry))
> currentRetry += 1
> continue
> + except OSError, e:
> + logging.exception("cache.commit()")
> + # deal gracefully with:
> + # OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
> + if e.errno == 12:
> + self._enableAptCronJob()
> + msg = _("Error during commit")
> + msg += "\n'%s'\n" % str(e)
> + msg += _("Restoring original system state")
> + self._view.error(_("Could not install the upgrades"),
> msg)
> + # abort() exits cleanly
> + self.abort()
> # no exception, so all was fine, we are done
> self._enableAptCronJob()
> return True
>
> would help mitigating the problem somewhat by at least restoring a clean
> system state if it happens.
>
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[patch] Upgrade tool crashed with " Cannot allocate memory"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107188
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