[SOLVED] OOM (Out-of-Memory Killer)

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[SOLVED] OOM (Out-of-Memory Killer)

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Mint 19.2 does not work OOM, how to start?

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cat /proc/sys/vm/oom_kill_allocating_task 1
Alt + SysRq + F Doesn't work either
4.15.0-54-generic GNU/Linux
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Re: OMM

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What is OOM or OMM (you have both spellings), and what is your end goal here? In other words, what are you trying to do?
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Re: OMM

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Moem wrote: ⤴Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:22 pm What is OOM or OMM (you have both spellings), and what is your end goal here? In other words, what are you trying to do?
Just a typo. It was about OOM (Out-of-Memory Killer). With a lack of RAM, the PC freezes (completely). I need this application to close and the OS to freeze
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Re: OMM

Post by rene »

The OOM-killer works even if not always to satisfaction; it's a known Linux problem that under certain conditions memory-reclaim appears to be making enough progress to keep the OOM-killer from kicking in, even if it really is not in any real sense.

Alt+SysRq+F needs to be enabled by uncommenting /etc/sysctl.conf:kernel.sysrq=1 and running sudo sysctl -p.
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