[H-GEN] RedHat Linux 2.0.35 (release 5.1 (Manhattan): memory problems

[Martin Pool]

On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 10:56:52PM +1000, Laurence J. Rietberg wrote:
> It seems I'm getting memory problems with my box.  
> 
> I have 500Mb RAM, but if I run a command like who, 2 days after rebooting
> the machine (it is okay for a while, then the problems start), I get the
> message:
> 
> who: memory exhausted

Do this:

$ free
$ cat /proc/modules		# is a module leaking?
$ ps vax

Try turning on process accounting (pacct(8)), and have a look at the
results.

Did you actually specify mem=500MB when the machine booted?

Has the machine been compromised?

-- 
Martin Pool