On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Batara Kesuma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to install MySQL 4.1.9 (official RPM from mysql.com). My machine
> is running linux 2.6.9, and it has 4GB of RAM. The problem is MySQL
> won't start if I set innodb_buffer_pool_size to >= 2GB. Here is my
> ulimit.
Are you trying this on a 32-bit cpu machine?
>
> [root@karimun mysql]# ulimit -a
> core file size (blocks, -c) 0
> data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
> file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
> pending signals (-i) 1024
> max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 32
> max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
> open files (-n) 1024
> pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
> POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200
> stack size (kbytes, -s) 10240
> cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
> max user processes (-u) 63484
> virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
> file locks (-x) unlimited
>
> Here is the error message:
>
> 050209 20:41:18 mysqld started
> 050209 20:41:18 [Warning] Asked for 196608 thread stack, but got 126976
> 050209 20:41:18 InnoDB: Fatal error: cannot allocate 2147500032 bytes
> of
> InnoDB: memory with malloc! Total allocated memory
> InnoDB: by InnoDB 34049176 bytes. Operating system errno: 12
> InnoDB: Cannot continue operation!
> InnoDB: Check if you should increase the swap file or
> InnoDB: ulimits of your operating system.
> InnoDB: On FreeBSD check you have compiled the OS with
> InnoDB: a big enough maximum process size.
> InnoDB: Fatal error: cannot allocate the memory for the buffer pool
> 050209 20:41:18 [ERROR] Can't init databases
> 050209 20:41:18 [ERROR] Aborting
>
>
> I have also checked the archive and it looks like other people also
> having similar problem, but I couldn't find the answer. Is there any
> memory limit when it is run on linux? What can I do so MySQL can run
> with >= 2GB RAM? Thank you in advance.
>
> Regards,
> --bk
>
>
