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Old 12-08-2021, 08:40 PM   #1
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"Cannot allocate memory" after updating plexmedia server


Debian 11 stable
Intel NUC with i5
This computer has had plex running it for about 4 years with no issues until today. Plex is running fine, when I tried to update plex, via downloading .deb and dpkg -i, I get the below errror. also some info about my mem. Do I have bad ram?

Code:
root@horchata:/home/erik/Downloads# dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.25.1.5286-34f965be8_amd64.deb 
(Reading database ... 216914 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack plexmediaserver_1.25.1.5286-34f965be8_amd64.deb ...
PlexMediaServer install: Pre-installation Validation.
PlexMediaServer install: Pre-installation Validation complete.
Unpacking plexmediaserver (1.25.1.5286-34f965be8) over (1.25.1.5286-34f965be8) ...
Setting up plexmediaserver (1.25.1.5286-34f965be8) ...
PlexMediaServer install: PlexMediaServer-1.25.1.5286-34f965be8 - Installation starting.
PlexMediaServer install: 
PlexMediaServer install: Now installing based on:
PlexMediaServer install:   Installation Type:   Update
PlexMediaServer install:   Process Control:     systemd
PlexMediaServer install:   Plex User:           plex
PlexMediaServer install:   Plex Group:          plex
PlexMediaServer install:   Video Group:         video
PlexMediaServer install:   Metadata Dir:        /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support
PlexMediaServer install:   Temp Directory:      /tmp 
PlexMediaServer install:   Lang Encoding:       en_US.UTF-8
PlexMediaServer install:   Intel i915 Hardware: Found
PlexMediaServer install:   Nvidia GPU card:     Not Found
PlexMediaServer install:  
PlexMediaServer install:   OpenCL:              Installed
PlexMediaServer install:   Beignet:             Installed
PlexMediaServer install:  
PlexMediaServer install: Completing final configuration.
Failed to write 'change' to '/sys/devices/virtual/input/input6/uevent': Cannot allocate memory
dpkg: error processing package plexmediaserver (--install):
 installed plexmediaserver package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.69) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 plexmediaserver
Code:
root@horchata:/home/erik/Downloads# free -hm
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            15Gi       1.3Gi        13Gi        24Mi       1.2Gi        13Gi
Swap:           31Gi          0B        31Gi

Code:
root@horchata:/home/erik/Downloads# dmidecode --type 17
# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.0.0 present.

Handle 0x0036, DMI type 17, 40 bytes
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x0035
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 64 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 16 GB
        Form Factor: SODIMM
        Set: None
        Locator: ChannelA-DIMM0
        Bank Locator: BANK 0
        Type: DDR4
        Type Detail: Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered)
        Speed: 2133 MT/s
        Manufacturer: 029E
        Serial Number: 00000000
        Asset Tag: 9876543210
        Part Number: CMSO32GX4M2A2133C15 
        Rank: 2
        Configured Memory Speed: 2133 MT/s
        Minimum Voltage: 1.2 V
        Maximum Voltage: 1.2 V
        Configured Voltage: 1.2 V

Handle 0x0037, DMI type 17, 40 bytes
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x0035
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: Unknown
        Data Width: Unknown
        Size: No Module Installed
        Form Factor: Unknown
        Set: None
        Locator: ChannelB-DIMM0
        Bank Locator: BANK 2
        Type: Unknown
        Type Detail: None
        Speed: Unknown
        Manufacturer: Not Specified
        Serial Number: Not Specified
        Asset Tag: Not Specified
        Part Number: Not Specified
        Rank: Unknown
        Configured Memory Speed: Unknown
        Minimum Voltage: Unknown
        Maximum Voltage: Unknown
        Configured Voltage: Unknown


Code:
root@horchata:/home/erik/Downloads# lshw -short -C memory
H/W path       Device  Class          Description
=================================================
/0/0                   memory         64KiB BIOS
/0/35                  memory         16GiB System Memory
/0/35/0                memory         16GiB SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2133 MHz (0.
/0/35/1                memory         [empty]
/0/3a                  memory         128KiB L1 cache
/0/3b                  memory         512KiB L2 cache
/0/3c                  memory         4MiB L3 cache
/0/100/1f.2            memory         Memory controller
Can't update system because I get the same memory allocation error.

Last edited by erik2282; 12-08-2021 at 08:41 PM.
 
Old 12-08-2021, 09:49 PM   #2
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edit: nevermind, thought memory error was gone, still persists.

I don't think it's a memory issue..

Last edited by erik2282; 12-09-2021 at 10:02 AM.
 
  


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