Fork: resource unavailable

From: Nils-Erik Svangård (wizzo_at_ludd.ltu.se)
Date: 09/30/04

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    Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:55:29 +0200
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    Hello!

    I got 1Gig ram and 2.5 Gig swap, I often get an error stating something
    like fork: resource temporarily unavailable.
    What is causing that?

    bash-3.00$ df
    bash: fork: Resursen tillfälligt otillgänglig
    bash-3.00$ df
    bash: fork: Resursen tillfälligt otillgänglig
    bash-3.00$ ls
    bash: fork: Resursen tillfälligt otillgänglig
    bash-3.00$ ls
    bash: fork: Resursen tillfälligt otillgänglig
    bash-3.00$

    Swedish locale but you can guess what it says.
    Ideas?
    /nisse 

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