Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 17:16:56 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> Cc: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz>, R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why Doesn't XFree86 Upgrade Properly Message-ID: <20000128171656.A3305@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3890FF00.53D88D7C@confusion.net> References: <3.0.32.20000128074338.00740384@idx.com.au> <3890AF42.21F5F672@nwlink.com> <20000128100929.H3290@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> <3890FF00.53D88D7C@confusion.net>
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Laurence Berland wrote: > Logical and oft-quoted extension: If you think you've got a hardware > problem, try building something big. Too many people report panics on > make buildworlds only to find it's the first sign of the death of their > RAM. Try a buildworld with a large -j number as well, depending on how much RAM you have. I typically use -j4 for a normal build, more like -j20 to stress test things a bit. I think that was with 64MB of RAM, you could use higher -j with more RAM. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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