On 2016-11-05 17:44 +0100, m...@xlist.pw wrote:
> Hi,
>
> recently I upgraded my KVM based vserver from jessie to testing. The update
> went smooth and everything seemed to work. But when I tried to su to root or
> ssh with user root I get the error
>
> -bash: xmalloc: cannot allocate 800000008 bytes (1474560 bytes allocated)
>
> With my non root user there is no issue.
>
> Is there anyone out there who experienced a similar issue or knows how to
> track down the error?
I don't have a solution, but the problem is known[1].
Cheers,
Sven
1. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840566
