topic Out of memory error: permgen space in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/out-of-memory-error-permgen-space/m-p/183879#M137009 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I keep getting this error.&nbsp; I've tried to restart tomcat, alfresco and the site is locked up until I reboot the server.&nbsp; I know you should never have to reboot a server (linux) but i am not sure what service is hosed and what service to restart.&nbsp; And Actually,&nbsp; what is causeing this problem.&nbsp; If at any time you add anything to the alfresco pages, it is hosed.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Here is a snippet from the /opt/alfresco/alfresco.log file:&nbsp; Actually the first part is from the buffer of my putty screen.&nbsp; This logfile is large so I sliced out a small part. if more is needed, theres more.:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR /><BR />login as: mholmes<BR />Linux utserver3 2.6.24-19-server #1 SMP Wed Jun 18 15:18:00 UTC 2008 i686<BR /><BR />The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;<BR />the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the<BR />individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.<BR /><BR />Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by<BR />applicable law.<BR /><BR />To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit:<BR /><A href="http://help.ubuntu.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://help.ubuntu.com/</A><BR />Last login: Thu Sep&nbsp; 4 14:55:45 2008 from mikehpc.metalfinishingco.com<BR />mholmes@utserver3:~$ cd /opt/alfresco<BR />mholmes@utserver3:/opt/alfresco$ ./alfresco.sh start<BR />Using CATALINA_BASE:&nbsp;&nbsp; /opt/alfresco/tomcat<BR />Using CATALINA_HOME:&nbsp;&nbsp; /opt/alfresco/tomcat<BR />Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/alfresco/tomcat/temp<BR />Using JRE_HOME:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun<BR />mholmes@utserver3:/opt/alfresco$ cd /tomcat<BR />-bash: cd: /tomcat: No such file or directory<BR />mholmes@utserver3:/opt/alfresco$ cd tomcat<BR />mholmes@utserver3:/opt/alfresco/tomcat$ ls<BR />bin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; conf&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; logs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RELEASE-NOTES&nbsp; server&nbsp; temp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; work<BR />common&nbsp; LICENSE&nbsp; NOTICE&nbsp; RUNNING.txt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; shared&nbsp; webapps<BR />mholmes@utserver3:/opt/alfresco/tomcat$ cd logs<BR />mholmes@utserver3:/opt/alfresco/tomcat/logs$ ls<BR />admin.2008-09-04.log&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; catalina.out&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; localhost.2008-09-04.log<BR />catalina.2008-09-04.log&nbsp; host-manager.2008-09-04.log&nbsp; manager.2008-09-04.log<BR />mholmes@utserver3:/opt/alfresco/tomcat/logs$ nano localhost.2008-09-04.log<BR />mholmes@utserver3:/opt/alfresco/tomcat/logs$ cd ..<BR />mholmes@utserver3:/opt/alfresco/tomcat$ cd ..<BR />mholmes@utserver3:/opt/alfresco$ ls<BR />alf_data&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; bin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; output<BR />alfresco-labs-tomcat-3a.1032.tar&nbsp; derby.log&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; README_mysql.txt<BR />alfresco.log&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; extras&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; README.txt<BR />alfresco.sh&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; installer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tomcat<BR />amps&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; install_extension&nbsp; virtual_alf.sh<BR />apply_amps.sh&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; licenses<BR />mholmes@utserver3:/opt/alfresco$ nano alfresco.log<BR />mholmes@utserver3:/opt/alfresco$ nano alfresco.log<BR />&nbsp; GNU nano 2.0.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; File: alfresco.log&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIComponentBase.java$<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentTag.encodeEnd(UIComponentTag.java:498)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentTag.doEndTag(UIComponentTag.java:366)<BR />14:00:21,321 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhos$<BR />java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:242)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at sun.nio.cs.AbstractCharsetProvider.lookup(AbstractCharsetProvider.ja$<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at sun.nio.cs.AbstractCharsetProvider.access$000(AbstractCharsetProvide$<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at sun.nio.cs.AbstractCharsetProvider$1.next(AbstractCharsetProvider.ja$<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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I've tried to restart tomcat, alfresco and the site is locked up until I reboot the server.&nbsp; I know you should never have to reboot a server (linux) but i am not sure what service is hosed and what service to restart.&nbsp; And Actually,&nbsp; what is causeing this problem.&nbsp; If at Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:29:33 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/out-of-memory-error-permgen-space/m-p/183879#M137009 mholmes 2008-09-04T21:29:33Z Re: Out of memory error: permgen space https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/out-of-memory-error-permgen-space/m-p/183880#M137010 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Adding -XX<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />ermSize=256m to JAVA_OPTS in alfresco.sh helped in my case, but I haven't run it extensively.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:03:23 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/out-of-memory-error-permgen-space/m-p/183880#M137010 a5sk4s 2008-09-05T00:03:23Z Re: Out of memory error: permgen space https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/out-of-memory-error-permgen-space/m-p/183881#M137011 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN><img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.png" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" /> that seems to have done the trick.&nbsp; I am up and running</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:30:58 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/out-of-memory-error-permgen-space/m-p/183881#M137011 mholmes 2008-09-05T20:30:58Z