Hi there,

I get the following message when trying to run a script in GIMP.


Any clues on what might be causing it to "fail to fork"?

Regards
John

You're probably out of memory.

Either that, or you're running the maximum number of processes.

Probably out of memory, though, because the maximum number of processes is very, very large.

Thanks for your replies.

I'm running 1G of ram and have 2g of space in the swap partition. I have done many of these dodge and burns before without any problem.

Regards
John

What is the output of the command "free?"

Try running "top" in a terminal at the same time as you try to run the gaussian blur, see if you notice a spike in activity.

Max.

Here is the output of "free". As I understand it, the following is suggesting that the swap space is 0. Perhaps I made an error or some kind when I partitioned the swap space.



I run "top" but don't I am not exactly sure if what I am seeing is normal. There is nothing that jumps out as being unusual.


Thanks for your reply. I'm worried about that swap space though. It should read 2Gig. right?

EDIT: I reread the disk drive partitions and noticed that the swap partition was no marked as "on". I clicked the swap-on menu item and that fixed the problem. Thank you one and all for your help. I would not have found that if it wasn't for you guys.
Regards
John