** Description changed: Binary package hint: libapache2-mod-python cden...@vmware:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch) Release: 10.10 cden...@vmware:~$ tail /var/log/apache2/error.log [Fri Jun 11 13:25:55 2010] [error] (12)Cannot allocate memory: fork: Unable to fork new process [Fri Jun 11 13:26:05 2010] [error] (12)Cannot allocate memory: fork: Unable to fork new process [Fri Jun 11 13:26:15 2010] [error] (12)Cannot allocate memory: fork: Unable to fork new process [Fri Jun 11 13:26:25 2010] [error] (12)Cannot allocate memory: fork: Unable to fork new process [Fri Jun 11 13:26:35 2010] [error] (12)Cannot allocate memory: fork: Unable to fork new process [Fri Jun 11 13:26:45 2010] [error] (12)Cannot allocate memory: fork: Unable to fork new process [Fri Jun 11 13:26:55 2010] [error] (12)Cannot allocate memory: fork: Unable to fork new process [Fri Jun 11 13:27:05 2010] [error] (12)Cannot allocate memory: fork: Unable to fork new process [Fri Jun 11 13:27:15 2010] [error] (12)Cannot allocate memory: fork: Unable to fork new process [Fri Jun 11 13:27:25 2010] [error] (12)Cannot allocate memory: fork: Unable to fork new process cden...@vmware:~$ apt-cache policy apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-python apache2-mpm-prefork: - Installed: 2.2.14-5ubuntu8 - Candidate: 2.2.14-5ubuntu8 - Version table: - *** 2.2.14-5ubuntu8 0 - 500 http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ maverick/main Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + Installed: 2.2.14-5ubuntu8 + Candidate: 2.2.14-5ubuntu8 + Version table: + *** 2.2.14-5ubuntu8 0 + 500 http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ maverick/main Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status libapache2-mod-python: - Installed: 3.3.1-8ubuntu2 - Candidate: 3.3.1-8ubuntu2 - Version table: - *** 3.3.1-8ubuntu2 0 - 500 http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ maverick/main Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + Installed: 3.3.1-8ubuntu2 + Candidate: 3.3.1-8ubuntu2 + Version table: + *** 3.3.1-8ubuntu2 0 + 500 http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu/ maverick/main Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status I first experienced this on my hardy server. I had apache being reloaded every 6 minutes so I could rotate a log and parse it into a database. I realize this is much more frequent than apache is typically reloaded, but I wouldn't expect it to break apache. After about a week, it stopped responding and started logging "Cannot allocate memory" until apache was restarted. It was accepting connections, but wouldn't respond to any - HTTP requests and there were no child processes owner by www-data. I was + HTTP requests and there were no child processes owned by www-data. I was able to reproduce the problem in hardy, lucid, and maverick by reloading apache repeatedly. With mod_python enabled, I could reproduce the problem by reloading apache a few hundred times in a few minutes. When mod_python was disabled, I could not reproduce the problem. I attached the PHP script I used to reproduce the problem quickly and reliably.
-- apache2 "Cannot allocate memory" after too many reloads https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592789 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
