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[Synticus]

I finally got my css server up and I used the screen command to keep it 24/7. I wanted to login with putty again but I get

Unable to fork: Cannot allocate memory

Is this a problem of the hoster ? My server is still running but I cant access it...

[TmzHosting]

Hi,

You usually get that error when your VPS runs out of resources especially RAM.

At this moment what you can do is restart the VPS to get the RAM usage down to temporarily login.

- Daniel

[HUGOBLUE]

What type of VPS do you have ?

How to Tell Your OpenVZ VPS is Swapping
http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/how-to...s-is-swapping/

You will need to reboot and optimize your setup to minimize RAM usage

[cloudvps]

If you are using OpenVZ or Virtuozzo, you can dynamically allocate more RAM to your VPS w/o rebooting it.
See ' vzctl set ' command options for more details.

[markhard]

Originally Posted by cloudvps

If you are using OpenVZ or Virtuozzo, you can dynamically allocate more RAM to your VPS w/o rebooting it.
See ' vzctl set ' command options for more details.

only the hoster can do that, not the client