# This is a new error which is happening a fair bit

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/this-is-a-new-error-which-is-happening-a-fair-bit/38700>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [7 January 2021 07:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/this-is-a-new-error-which-is-happening-a-fair-bit/38700 "2021-01-07T07:19:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [7 January 2021 07:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/this-is-a-new-error-which-is-happening-a-fair-bit/38700/1 "2021-01-07T07:19:47Z")

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This one is popping up a fair amount recently.

```auto
{"message":"Error: spawn ENOMEM","source":{"id":"3ca1bd56.5515aa","type":"ping","name":"Ping","count":1},"stack":"Error: spawn ENOMEM\n at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:407:11)\n at spawn (child_process.js:553:9)\n at doPing (/home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-ping/88-ping.js:40:14)\n at PingNode._inputCallback (/home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-ping/88-ping.js:120:36)\n at /usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/nodes/Node.js:203:26\n at Object.trigger (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/hooks.js:113:9)\n at PingNode.Node._emitInput (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/nodes/Node.js:195:11)\n at PingNode.Node.emit (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/nodes/Node.js:179:25)\n at PingNode.Node.receive (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/nodes/Node.js:476:10)\n at Immediate._...

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Looking at the end of it, it looks like the message is too big to be shown.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [7 January 2021 10:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/this-is-a-new-error-which-is-happening-a-fair-bit/38700/2 "2021-01-07T10:23:14Z")

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> [@Trying\_to\_learn](#):
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> `Error: spawn ENOMEM`

Did you try googling for that string?

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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [7 January 2021 10:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/this-is-a-new-error-which-is-happening-a-fair-bit/38700/3 "2021-01-07T10:26:33Z")

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mia culpa.

Seems this is a problem I am going to have to think about.

A RasPi 2A doesn't have a lot of memory to spare.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2021 10:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/this-is-a-new-error-which-is-happening-a-fair-bit/38700/4 "2021-01-21T10:26:34Z")

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