log_new_context() failed

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

	Double check that you are running the version you think you
	are, use "ndc status", as quite often we have people reporting
	that they are using a particular version and they are still
	using the old one.

	Also make sure that you are up to date w/ patches from Sun.

	Mark
> 
> That doesnt really make sense either .  This machine has 512M of RAM and
> isnt running any other service but DNS.
> 
> Additionally, ulimt reports "unlimited". man (4) limits was no real help...
> 
> I found the "options { datasize # };" setting in /etc/named.conf and found
> it set to 2098.. I upped it to 64m (oreilly sez it's legal to specify m or k
> to change units from bytes to megs or k).
> 
> Further, this is not a huge domain with a lot of servers I'm talking about..
> I dont understand _how_  it could be running out of memory resources!
> 
> I put ndc in /t and /d mode before issuing start this time and got a message
> about ndc being unable to open fd 3. A clue perhaps?
> 
> 
> Mark.Andrews at nominum.com wrote:
> 
> >         You have run out of virtual memory for this process.  You should
> >         also learn the standard error messages for your operating system
> >         as named (and other programs) often just report them as that is
> >         the only information they have as to the problem.
> >
> >         See "options { datasize #; };" for how to raise this value, see
> >         also limits(1)/ulimit(1) for current value.
> >
> >         Mark
> >
> > >
> > > Help!
> > >
> > > I'm installing Bind 8.2.2.p5 on a Solaris 7 sparc. I created my
> > > named.conf to make the server a primary DNS for my network, but when I
> > > issue the ndc start, I get the message
> > >
> > > BIND : log_new_context() failed: not enough space
> > >
> > > The same message gets logged in /var/adm/messages. It's not a very
> > > helpful message.
> > >
> > > I searched Dejanews only to find 4 other posts questioning the same
> > > problem... no answers. I even searched the list archive at ISC.
> > >
> > > I've got plenty (372M on /, 374 on /var, 715 on /usr/local, and 900+ on
> > > /tmp) of disk space, so what on earth is the problem?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > --
> > Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
> > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
> 
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com