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# sk80560 - Security Gateway is not able to boot - "INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal"

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk80560 |
| Date Created | 2012-08-07 |
| Last Modified | 2014-06-01 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20 |
| OS | Linux, Gaia |

## Symptoms

- Security Gateway is not able to boot.  
Console output shows that some services are started and some modules are loaded. However, at some point, SecurePlatform enters single-user mode. e.g.,  

`.............................`  
`CKP: Loading SecureXL: [ OK ]`  
`CKP: Loading FW-1 IPv4 Instance 0: [ OK ]`  
`CKP: Loading VPN-1 Instance 0: [ OK ]`  
`Configuring network: [ OK ]`  
`CPshell initialization: [ OK ]`  
`Initializing random number generator: [ OK ]`  
`Starting acpi daemon: [ OK ]`  
`INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal`  
`INIT: Sending processes the KILL signal`  
`sh-2.05b#`

## Cause

Insufficient Virtual Memory. As a result, Check Point kernel modules are not able to load, and by design, SecurePlatform will enter single-user mode (`init 1`).

Example from `/var/log/messages` file :

```
...................................
Jul 16 13:08:22 GW kernel: allocation failed: out of vmalloc space - use vmalloc= to increase size.
Jul 16 13:08:22 GW fw1boot: CKP: Loading SVM Instance 0:  failed
Jul 16 13:08:22 GW CKP: failed to execute `insmod -f -o rtm_0 /var/opt/fw.boot/modules/rtmmod.2.6.18.cp.i686.o rtm_multik_this_instance_num=0 '
Jul 16 13:08:22 GW init: Switching to runlevel: 1
...................................
```

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