On Sat 01 Jul 2017 at 09:47:38 (-0400), Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote: > I have been unable to execute Java with >=2048M memory allocation > since upgrading to stretch. I've changed nothing in my configuration > otherwise. > > I have plenty of RAM: > > # free > total used free shared buff/cache > available > Mem: 5168396 3326140 245712 85320 1596544 1227812 > Swap: 2255616 259204 1996412 > > # ulimit -v > unlimited
What does # ulimit -H -v say? > # java -Xmx2048M > Error occurred during initialization of VM > Could not reserve enough space for 2097152KB object heap > > # ls -l /etc/alternatives/java > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Jun 27 20:45 /etc/alternatives/java -> > /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/java > > But the same problem occurs when I switch to other Java > alternatives. (openjdk-8-jre version = 8u131-b11-2). > > Interestingly, if I set ulimit -v to something other than > 'unlimited' but higher than the amount requested for the java > process, it works: > > # ulimit -v 2097153 > # java -Xmx2048M > > (no errors) > > But shouldn't "unlimited" be higher than any arbitrary value I put > there? Also, for Java programs that are run as daemons from > /etc/init.d, I have been unable to figure out how to get the > arbitrary ulimit -v setting to "stick". > > TIA for any suggestions for how to fix or troubleshoot. > Cheers, David.
