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Date:      Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:09:09 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "home.dragondata.com" <root@shell1.dragondata.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   bin/8275: w/top/etc randomly fail with 'Cannot allocate memory'
Message-ID:  <199810120509.AAA12737@shell1.dragondata.com>

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>Number:         8275
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       w/top/etc randomly fail with 'Cannot allocate memory'
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Oct 11 22:10:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     home.dragondata.com
>Organization:
DragonData Internet Services
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386
>Environment:


>Description:

bash-2.02# w
 1:09PM  up 19 days, 53 mins, 7 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.53, 0.77
USER     TTY FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
debora   p0  p03-38.stamford. 10:13AM  2:48 -bash (bash)
tekforce p1  209-122-210-13.s 12:45PM    16 -bash (bash)
natasha  p2  205.235.55.190   Fri09AM 2days -bash (bash)
eddieb   p3  EDDIEB.uwsp.edu  12:08PM     -  (pine)
likesit  p6  gigantus.demon.n  1:03PM     5 -bash (bash)
root     p8  home             Sun06PM     - w
gigantus p9  gigantus.demon.n  1:06PM     2 -bash (bash)
You have new mail in /var/mail/root
bash-2.02# w
 1:10PM  up 19 days, 54 mins, 7 users, load averages: 0.08, 0.48, 0.73
USER     TTY FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
w: kvm_getprocs: Cannot allocate memory: Cannot allocate memory
bash-2.02# w
 1:10PM  up 19 days, 54 mins, 7 users, load averages: 0.08, 0.48, 0.73
USER     TTY FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
debora   p0  p03-38.stamford. 10:13AM  2:49 -bash (bash)
tekforce p1  209-122-210-13.s 12:45PM    17 -bash (bash)
natasha  p2  205.235.55.190   Fri09AM 2days -bash (bash)
eddieb   p3  EDDIEB.uwsp.edu  12:08PM     - -bash (bash)
likesit  p6  gigantus.demon.n  1:03PM     5 -bash (bash)
root     p8  home             Sun06PM     - w
gigantus p9  gigantus.demon.n  1:06PM     - pico freebee


>How-To-Repeat:

Keep hitting 'w' over and over on a busy box.

>Fix:
	
Not sure, if someone has any clues, let me know and I'll start looking
though.


>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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