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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!uunet!ogicse!psgrain!ee.und.ac.za!shrike.und.ac.za!casper.cs.uct.ac.za!gimli!root 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 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