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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!Germany.EU.net!teddy.sub.org!open.de!diffusor!open!germany!ruhr.de!horga!teddy!freeside!kiel!wiljo From: wiljo@kiel.uucp (Wiljo Heinen) Subject: Re: virtual memory exhausted Message-ID: <wiljo.720428350@kiel.UUCP> Sender: usenet@freeside.ki.open.de (NNTP NetNews) Organization: SubNet:The Next Generation References: <3967@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> <root.720229181@kiel.UUCP> <49040@shamash.cdc.com> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 06:59:10 GMT Lines: 31 pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com (Paul Dokas) writes: >In article <root.720229181@kiel.UUCP>, wiljo@kiel.uucp (Wiljo Heinen) writes: >|> >|> rjw9917@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robert J. Willard) writes: >|> >|> >I've gotten the 'virtual memory exhausted message' when >|> >compiling some programs with large include files lateley. >|> >I've got 8 Meg RAM and the standard 5 Meg (I think) swap. >|> >Does anyone know if increasing my swap space will alleviate >|> >this problem? >|> >|> nope. it will not. i ran into the same problem with 20 Meg swap. >|> >[ kernel patch deleted ] >Instead of patching your kernel, try 'limit memoryuse unlimited'. You might >find that it's a simpler fix. Oh,oh.... thanx for pointing that out! now .. is there a way to get a FM for BSD ???? Seems, I'm missing a lot of information in that domain .... cheers Wiljo -- wiljo@kiel.uucp voice:+49 431 95311 fax: +49 431 978126 Maybe we was born on the bad side of town // but the Nazis weren't allowed to parade through town before the wall came down ... // before the west wind came and blew it all down. from J.: "we ARE the MAJORITY"