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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD-3.0-970202-SNAP 'out of memory'-error with 70MB swap free
Date: 14 Apr 1997 09:49:30 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <87g1wvfbeo.fsf@axiom.sw.net>,
gorski@cips01.physik.uni-bonn.de writes:
>
> I'm running FreeBSD-3.0-970202-SNAP and get 'out of memory'-errors while
> using Netscape or other memory eating programms, although there is
> more than 70MB of swap free (and 70MB used).
> Is this a known problem or something completely new?
I've seen a few complaints that netscape eats memory over time.
Killing and starting it again should recover your memory. Use
"swapinfo" to monitor it.
> Thanks for information.
>
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !