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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!caen!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!gemini.oscs.montana.edu!osynw From: osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: Occasional system hangs Message-ID: <1992Dec14.161424.24567@coe.montana.edu> Keywords: nn Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Montana State University References: <1gaclpINN84v@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> <1992Dec11.210430.17335@coe.montana.edu> <a0x9021N2ehg01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:14:24 GMT Lines: 30 In article <a0x9021N2ehg01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> gab10@griffincd.amdahl.com (Gary A Browning) writes: >In article <1992Dec11.210430.17335@coe.montana.edu>, >osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: >> In article <1gaclpINN84v@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> >> news@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (InterNet News) writes: >> >-Time for more RAM I guess! >> >> >> > >> > I don't think more RAM will help. I have 32M of RAM and and 32M >> swap >> >partition. It still hangs. nroff is the usual culprit for me. >> >> The fix for this is to fix G++, re-compile it, and then recompile >> groff >> with the fixed GCC. The patch for g++ will be in the next patchkit. >> [If I ever get it finished :-(] > >This might be a problem but are you sure it is not simply masking another? >A bum compile of a user level program should never cause the system to hang. > Sorry I didn't make myself clear. Yes, the REAL reason the system is hanging is because the kernel has a leak. However, groff has a leak in it which magnifies the kernel leak, and fixing groff at least allows the system to last longer. Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | A hacker w/out a home. work: (406) 994-5991 | Keeper of the Unofficial 386BSD Bug Report home: (406) 586-0579 | Please send bugs and/or fixes you find.