From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 23 12:15:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA07720 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 12:15:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from garibaldi.ncd.com (firewall-user@garibaldi.ncd.com [192.43.160.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA07708 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 12:15:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from henryt@hood.pcx.ncd.com) Received: by garibaldi.ncd.com; id MAA06301; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 12:15:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from rosebud.ncd.com(138.43.212.19) by garibaldi.ncd.com via smap (3.2) id xma006286; Fri, 23 Jan 98 12:15:11 -0800 Received: from hood.pcx.ncd.com (henryt@hood.pcx.ncd.com [192.86.85.4]) by rosebud.ncd.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA28475 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 12:15:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (henryt@localhost) by hood.pcx.ncd.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) id MAA05495; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 12:15:07 -0800 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 12:15:07 -0800 Message-Id: <199801232015.MAA05495@hood.pcx.ncd.com> From: Henry Tieman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: malloc fail Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk i get malloc fails inside script files. i don't have the scripts handy here but would like some clues anyway. i have a set of scripts using netpbm, to do a series of graphic file conversions. after upgrading from FreeBSD 2.2.2 to 2.2.5 these scripts fail - conversions don't work always - but sometimes do. small files always work, large files fail 2/3 of the time. i have 'ulimit' in the sh script. yes, i have changed MAXDSIZ from 128meg to 512 meg, but the gif files in question are all smaller than .5meg. yes, i have recompiled the netpbm tools. none of these changed the poor behavior of the scripts in question. yes, i will send the scripts if someone want a look. henryt