Return to BSD News archive
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.csuohio.edu!stever From: stever@csuohio.edu (Steve Ratliff) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.1 and swapping ? Message-ID: <1994Mar26.200201.20127@news.csuohio.edu> Sender: news@news.csuohio.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Cleveland State University X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 References: <Cn6nK1.2n0@jester.GUN.de> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 20:02:01 GMT Lines: 19 Michael Gerhards (michael@jester.GUN.de) wrote: : hi, : : I'm using FreeBSD 1.0.2 and I'm very happy with it. There is just one : thing which makes me wonder: : : If I'm using Xview and I run out of swap-space, the system halts. If I : reset the system after waiting for a few minutes, it will come up : without any errors. : : Will this behaviour be the same in 1.1 or is there another way to go if : swap-space is 100% used ? [deleted] 1.1 and later now will kill off a process requesting more vm when swap is gone. Some people seem to hate this behavior. I personally am more pragmatic and like my system to do whatever is needed to remain running instead of hanging or panic-ing. Steve