> 'top' shows - after starting the Backup-daemon - about 25% %MEM and 0%
> %CPU
> consumption and about 15% %MEM and 0% %CPU consumption for the second
> process.
> The BackupPC_serverMesg takes another ~24% %MEM. Do you think that lack of
> RAM
> might in the end be the true problem? But then - why did it work for Ted
> Callahan who used a Asus Router that does not have more RAM either (32MB)?
> How can I find out if RAM is the problem? And why does 'free' show more
> than 3MB free RAM then?

If the CPU is doing nothing, you've effectively ruled out swap.

> I still don't want to give up but lack the knowledge to narrow the
> possibilities down any further. Do you have any idea?

Looking at the code, it's hanging when it's trying to retrieve the MD5
hash seed from {LogDir}/BackupPC.sock (I think I'm reading that correctly)
so you'll next want to check if that's being created and is capable of
being read sanely.

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