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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.mrtc.org!news-in.iadfw.net!news.topend.com.au!darwin.topend.com.au!root From: root@darwin.topend.com.au (Site Admin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: How Can I Fix This Kernel Problem? Date: 27 Mar 97 14:34:40 GMT Organization: INTERNET AMERICA Lines: 21 Message-ID: <333a8580.0@news.topend.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: topend2.gw.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37798 Hi Folks, This is an error message I've been seeing recently. I run around 20 modems off this one machine. Mar 22 19:44:17 darwin /kernel: execve: failed to allocate string space I am running FreeBSD 2.1.0 The machine is a Pentium 133 with 64MB of RAM Normally this error occurs after a warm reboot, sometimes it is corrected if I reboot several times. Other times only a full power down and power up corrects the fault. It affects only the modems that we run. The getty process can't be spawned as it appears the ports aren't being allowed to fire up on a reboot. Robert Nagy nagy@topend.com.au