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- From: root@gimli.cs.uct.ac.za (Sandi Donno)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: virtual memory exhausted
- Message-ID: <sandi.720955101@gimli>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 09:18:21 GMT
- Article-I.D.: gimli.sandi.720955101
- References: <3967@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> <root.720229181@kiel.UUCP> <49040@shamash.cdc.com> <wiljo.720428350@kiel.UUCP>
- Sender: news@casper.cs.uct.ac.za (news)
- Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Cape Town
- Lines: 29
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- In <wiljo.720428350@kiel.UUCP> wiljo@kiel.uucp (Wiljo Heinen) writes:
-
- >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.
-
- Be careful! I tried this on my 4MB system, to see if I could get past a
- compile problem. My system hung, and the filesystem was trashed after
- rebooting.
- --
- Sandi Donno
- Computer Science
- University of Cape Town
- South Africa
-