-bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable Ubuntu 24.04 Gnome

[Viktor Nikitin]

I installed Desktop images with Armbian Linux v6.1 Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) Gnome (Zero 3W)

And out of the box after installation I get the message
-bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable
(I have to work through the com port, because because of this error ssh and the desktop cannot work)

I checked the performance of the equipment by installing Debian 11 from Radxa, the equipment works correctly (CPU RAM eMMC).

Has anyone encountered this problem?

Edited November 26 by Viktor Nikitin

[Viktor Nikitin]

if anyone is stuck, temporary solution
It looks like some Gnome services are loading the system.
I installed the previous image
Armbian_community_25.2.0-trunk.13_Radxa-zero3_noble_vendor_6.1.75_gnome_desktop.img
Through the COM port (UART Serial Console) perform the initial configuration, set up the Internet, connect the necessary DTS (in the case of 3W, you must disable the wired Ethernet using DTS)
Without updating the system, remove Gnome.
aptitude purge `dpkg --get-selections | grep gnome | cut -f 1`
aptitude -f install
aptitude purge `dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | cut -f 1`
aptitude -f install

Then update the system and after that you can install xfce from the repository.
apt install xfce4 xdm
apt install xfce4-goodies
systemctl enable xdm.service
reboot

Edited November 28 by Viktor Nikitin

[Lukas Veitas]

I have same issue on my Zero 3w, as well as Rock 5b. It's related to vendor kernel 6.1. Try 5.10 or mainline (i don't know how well supported Zero 3W/E is on mainline though).

Edited November 29 by Lukas Veitas