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Hi -<br />
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I've having problems with on of my SGI O2 IRIX 6 machines lately. Just about everyday this error message appears -<br />
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&quot;Critical System Error. &nbsp;ALERT: pmcd[804] - out of logical swap space during brk/sbrk - see swap(1M)&quot;<br />
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Along with the error message you cannot telnet or ftp into the machine (although you can ping it). Once the workstation is restarted you can now telnet/ftp into until the this error message appears. This is happens about everyday.<br />
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The admin of the workstation has already tried this - <a href="http://www.linuxsa.org.au/pipermail/linuxsa/2003-June/055925.html" rel="ugc">http://www.linuxsa.org.au/pipermail/linuxsa/2003-June/055925.html</a>, but it doesn't resolve the issue.<br />
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Any ideas??
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Hi -

I've having problems with on of my SGI O2 IRIX 6 machines lately. Just about everyday this error message appears -

"Critical System Error.  ALERT: pmcd[804] - out of logical swap space during brk/sbrk - see swap(1M)"

Along with the error message you cannot telnet or ftp into the machine (although you can ping it). Once the workstation is restarted you can now telnet/ftp into until the this error message appears. This is happens about everyday.

The admin of the workstation has already tried this - http://www.linuxsa.org.au/pipermail/linuxsa/2003-June/055925.html, but it doesn't resolve the issue.

Any ideas??

ALERT: pmcd[804] - out of logical swap space during brk/sbrk - see swap(1M) - Error message

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