Issue #13139 has been updated by Shyouhei Urabe. Status changed from Open to Closed Good to hear the problem disappeared. ---------------------------------------- Bug #13139: bug in the Ruby interpreter or extension for new AIX VM chef-client run. https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13139#change-62603 * Author: Ian Bellinfantie * Status: Closed * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Target version: * ruby -v: ruby 2.1.6p336 (2015-04-13 revision 50298) [powerpc-aix6.1.0.0] * Backport: 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN, 2.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- installed the Chef-client on a new AIX VM. Ran a bootstrap from windows SDK PS C:\Users\Administrator\chef-repo> knife bootstrap xx.xx.xx.xx --ssh-user root --run-list 'recipe[aix]' and got this ... only listing the last couple of lines as most lost in the scroll. 1109 /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/ohai-8.7.0/lib/oha i/mixin/network_constants.rb 1110 /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/ohai-8.7.0/lib/oha i/mixin/softlayer_metadata.rb 1111 /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/ohai-8.7.0/lib/oha i/common/dmi.rb [NOTE] You may have encountered a bug in the Ruby interpreter or extension libraries. Bug reports are welcome. For details: http://www.ruby-lang.org/bugreport.html [2017-01-19T22:45:59-06:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeEr ror: Chef run process terminated by signal 6 (LOST) PS C:\Users\Administrator\chef-repo> subsequent runs produce ================================================================== ============== Error Syncing Cookbooks: ================================================================== ============== Unexpected Error: ----------------- ThreadError: can't create Thread: Resource temporarily unavailable I tried this possible fix https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/2531 and rebooted...still got the ThreadError. also still get the same Error Syncing Cookbooks: if I use chef-client on the VM AIX VM oslevel -s 7100-04-03-1642 ruby on the desktop PS C:\Users\Administrator\chef-repo> ruby -v ruby 2.3.1p112 (2016-04-26 revision 54768) [i386-mingw32] -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: <mailto:ruby-core-request / ruby-lang.org?subject=unsubscribe> <http://lists.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/ruby-core>