Received: (qmail 23929 invoked by uid 2012); 30 Jul 1998 11:19:49 -0000 Message-Id: <19980730111949.23928.qmail@hyperreal.org> Date: 30 Jul 1998 11:19:49 -0000 From: David Houdlershaw Reply-To: software@mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk To: apbugs@hyperreal.org Subject: error message "semget: no space left on device" Server won't start X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 2742 >Category: os-irix >Synopsis: error message "semget: no space left on device" Server won't start >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: analyzed >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Thu Jul 30 04:20:01 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: Tue Oct 20 00:20:12 PDT 1998 >Originator: software@mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk >Organization: >Release: 1.3.0 >Environment: SGI Challenge S Server 175mhz R4400SC 128mb IRIX sanda 5.3 11091812 IP22 mips Compiled with SGI native cc >Description: Hi, we've had this problem a couple of times now. After starting and stopping the apache server a few times we get the error message (in error_log) "semget: no space left on device" and the apache server won't start. The only solution has been to reboot the machine (not ideal). >How-To-Repeat: problem seems to be hardware/OS related as the same code runs fine on our dec alpha. Starting and stopping the apache server a few times seems to cause the problem. >Fix: sorry, no idea, semget is something to do with semaphores (according to the man pages) but I'm no unix guru. >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open-analyzed State-Changed-By: marc State-Changed-When: Thu Jul 30 09:40:30 PDT 1998 State-Changed-Why: How are you stopping the server? Is it ever crashing or are you always stopping it properly? You can get a list of semaphores that may be left over with ipcs and force them to be removed with ipcrm. From: Marc Slemko To: Apache bugs database Cc: Subject: Re: os-irix/2742: error message "semget: no space left on device" Server won't start (fwd) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 00:14:02 -0700 (PDT) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 18:47:04 +0100 From: software To: marc@hyperreal.org Cc: apache-bugdb@apache.org, marc@apache.org Subject: Re: os-irix/2742: error message "semget: no space left on device" Server won't start Hi, I'm stopping apache server with kill -TERM . The machine does not crash when apache produces the semget error. I will try the commands you've suggested next time we encounter the problem. Cheers, Dave H. marc@hyperreal.org wrote: > > Synopsis: error message "semget: no space left on device" Server won't start > > State-Changed-From-To: open-analyzed > State-Changed-By: marc > State-Changed-When: Thu Jul 30 09:40:30 PDT 1998 > State-Changed-Why: > How are you stopping the server? > > Is it ever crashing or are you always stopping it properly? > > You can get a list of semaphores that may be left over with > ipcs and force them to be removed with ipcrm. >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] [you need to include in the Cc line ] [and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] [automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ]