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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!usenet From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: "Out of buffer" problems Date: 4 Oct 1996 01:17:03 GMT Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <531oif$3vp@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <qijenjgqbt7.fsf@lambda.ai.mit.edu> Reply-To: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 In article <qijenjgqbt7.fsf@lambda.ai.mit.edu>, shivers@ai.mit.edu (Olin Shivers) writes: > I am having a problem with my FreeBSD system. Every now and then, I seem > to blow out some kernel buffer pool. One sure way to do this is to display > Java animations in my Netscape browser. Suddenly, I drop off the net -- > DNS lookups fail with "out of buffer space" error messages. What version of FreeBSD are you using, and what interface ? -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....