in _execute_child self.pid = os.fork() - OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
I wanted to upgrade from 8.10 to new release today:
A fatal error occurred
Please report this as a bug and include the files
/var/log/
your report. The upgrade is now aborted.
Your original sources.list was saved in
/etc/apt/
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/tmpGsvA3D
main()
File "/tmp/tmpGsvA3D
app.run()
File "/tmp/tmpGsvA3D
self.fullUpgrade()
File "/tmp/tmpGsvA3D
fullUpgrade
self.openCache()
File "/tmp/tmpGsvA3D
openCache
lock)
File "/tmp/tmpGsvA3D
self.uname =
Popen([
File "/usr/lib/
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/
self.pid = os.fork()
OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: linux-image-
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=/
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: linux
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package
affects: | linux (Ubuntu) → update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Thanks for your report.
The error is "OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory"
It looks like your system suffers from a memory failure. Is it still an issue ? If so could you please run a memory check. Thanks.