NetLOCK error messages in syslog.
Steven W. Orr
steveo at syslang.net
Fri May 12 15:03:01 EDT 2006
On Friday, May 12th 2006 at 14:02 -0400, quoth Ben Scott:
=>On 5/12/06, Steven W. Orr <steveo at syslang.net> wrote:
=>> NetLOCK: total memory limit exceeded, using 3071900 bytes, request for 180
=>> bytes
=>>
=>>
=>> I seem to be getting a lot of these and I've never seen them before. Anyone
=>> know what they mean? Is it bad? Anyone?
=>
=> Obviously, something called "NetLOCK" tried to allocate more memory,
=>and failed. That's usually not a good sign if you need the program
=>that's having trouble.
=>
=> You might want to check your total memory status. Try the command
=>"free -m -t".
=>
=> A Google for "NetLock" appears to find lots of people using that
=>name for one thing or another. A VPN client seems like a likely
=>canidate. Are you using a VPN?
=>
=>-- Ben
Found it. Thanks. It was some IPSEC thing I was running.
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