I've compiled a vanilla 2.6.21.5 kernel using the config from edgy
2.6.17. It was compiled in edgy because it failed in gutsy because of
this bug - I think.

I installed the new kernel and tried to do a aptitude install openoffice
and other packages (just to not overload the system).

I got the following output:

Unpacking replacement python-uno ...
dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/python-uno_2.2.1-2ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 fork failed: Cannot allocate memory

Can this be related to this bug?

If dpkg is allocating huge amounts of memory, the system will start to
swap and become unresponsive.

Since a kernel compile will bring the system down, there is potentially
other memory leaks.

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High load and extremely unresponsive system
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/102498
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