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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,demon.ip.support.unix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!pipex!uknet!nessie!demon!giles From: giles@demon (Giles Todd) Subject: Re: tin says out of memory Message-ID: <CAnCpz.E30@demon.co.uk> Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions,demon.ip.support.unix Sender: news@demon.co.uk (Usenet Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: demon.demon.co.uk Organization: Demon Internet. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] References: <CAMv3L.4LA@kram.org> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 02:10:47 GMT Lines: 24 Mark Turner (mark@kram.org) wrote: > When I try to start up tin it says "out of memory" and falls over. > I usually use trn but it's ages since I looked at tin so I'd like > to get it working if possible. The problem is probably caused by > my active file which is ~6500 lines long, we have a *full* feed > here! > Is there a parameter somewhere within the kernel that I can tweak > to increase the memory limit? I have looked but can't see anything > obvious. > Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, could this possibly be a > problem with tin? I don't think this is the case cos the same > version of tin works on the same size history file on SCO. > Any help/advice appreciated. A 386BSD ignorant punter says "ulimit"? Or "getrlimit/setrlimit" even. Please flame if you have already thought of this. Giles. -- Giles Todd Demon Internet