From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 15:23:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D5001065672; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:23:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from smtpauth.surewest.net (smtpauth.surewest.net [66.60.130.153]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2B438FC08; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:23:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (unknown [69.62.230.77]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtpauth.surewest.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CE769C079; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:23:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (bigdaddy.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 83C37164D48; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:23:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49242F89.9070105@mykitchentable.net> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:23:53 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mel References: <49235108.2030907@mykitchentable.net> <4924260F.9040708@mykitchentable.net> <200811191605.33939.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <200811191615.25269.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <200811191615.25269.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jeremy Chadwick , Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 7.1 & kern.maxdsiz X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:23:58 -0000 Mel wrote: > On Wednesday 19 November 2008 16:05:33 Mel wrote: > >> On Wednesday 19 November 2008 15:43:27 Drew Tomlinson wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the explanation! As pointed out by Pieter de Goeje, the >>> default size in FBSD 7 amd 64 is 32 GB, confirmed with the limits >>> command above. Thus datasize does not appear to be my problem. I'm >>> shooting in the dark here as Urchin software support is non-existent. >>> Are there any other tuneables related to datasize that I might try >>> increasing? >>> >> If the soft limit is set to 'unlimitied' for the user running the program, >> then it is not a datasize problem. You may simply be out of memory. Can you >> track using top(1) how far the software gets and what the memory usage is >> at around the time it crashes? >> > > But of course, if this binary runs in 32-bit mode, this applies: > compat.ia32.maxdsiz: 536870912 > I'll bet this is it!!! Thanks. I'll check it out. Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com