BTW, here's some debug information from /var/log/kern.log : May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10632.509889] Out of memory: kill process 9047 (apache2) score 19040 or a child May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10632.510045] Killed process 9047 (apache2) May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310259] named invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1201d2, order=0, oomkilladj=0 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310291] Pid: 4539, comm: named Not tainted 2.6.24-16-server #1 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310370] [oom_kill_process+0x10a/0x120] oom_kill_process+0x10a/0x120 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310460] [out_of_memory+0x167/0x1a0] out_of_memory+0x167/0x1a0 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310510] [agpgart:__alloc_pages+0x34c/0x380] __alloc_pages+0x34c/0x380 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310573] [filemap_fault+0x10a/0x420] filemap_fault+0x10a/0x420 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310638] [__do_fault+0x83/0x4c0] __do_fault+0x83/0x4c0 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310747] [handle_mm_fault+0x21b/0xb80] handle_mm_fault+0x21b/0xb80 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310778] [] default_wake_function+0x0/0x10 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310875] [sched_clock+0x13/0x30] sched_clock+0x13/0x30 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310914] [snd_pcm:getnstimeofday+0x34/0x9790] getnstimeofday+0x34/0xf0 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310966] [snd_pcm:ktime_get_ts+0x1e/0x4f0] ktime_get_ts+0x1e/0x60 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.310996] [do_page_fault+0x143/0x900] do_page_fault+0x143/0x900 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311025] [sys_futex+0x98/0x120] sys_futex+0x98/0x120 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311054] [snd_seq:do_gettimeofday+0x34/0xa450] do_gettimeofday+0x34/0xe0 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311090] [sys_gettimeofday+0x28/0x80] sys_gettimeofday+0x28/0x80 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311118] [do_page_fault+0x0/0x900] do_page_fault+0x0/0x900 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311134] [error_code+0x72/0x78] error_code+0x72/0x78 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311173] [unix_create1+0x50/0x120] unix_create1+0x50/0x120 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311229] ======================= May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311236] Mem-info: May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311243] DMA per-cpu: May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311253] CPU 0: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311264] Normal per-cpu: May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311273] CPU 0: Hot: hi: 186, btch: 31 usd: 87 Cold: hi: 62, btch: 15 usd: 43 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311291] Active:87819 inactive:295 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311297] free:976 slab:3176 mapped:2 pagetables:1570 bounce:0 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311314] DMA free:1552kB min:104kB low:128kB high:156kB active:10208kB inactive:16kB present:16256kB pages_scanned:127731 all_unreclaimable? yes May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311327] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 364 364 364 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311347] Normal free:2352kB min:2384kB low:2980kB high:3576kB active:341068kB inactive:1164kB present:372812kB pages_scanned:706813 all_unreclaimable? yes May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311361] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311375] DMA: 0*4kB 0*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 0*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 1552kB May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311407] Normal: 18*4kB 1*8kB 1*16kB 0*32kB 1*64kB 1*128kB 2*256kB 1*512kB 1*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 2336kB May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311443] Swap cache: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0, race 0+0 May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311452] Free swap = 0kB May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311458] Total swap = 0kB May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.311464] Free swap: 0kB May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.338503] 98032 pages of RAM May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.338519] 0 pages of HIGHMEM May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.338525] 1953 reserved pages May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.338531] 246726 pages shared May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.338537] 0 pages swap cached May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.338543] 0 pages dirty May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.338548] 0 pages writeback May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.338554] 2 pages mapped May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.338560] 3176 pages slab May 3 19:51:22 yoda kernel: [10634.338565] 1570 pages pagetables