Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 09:05:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Jonathan <j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X session crashes after running out of swap space Message-ID: <20031009090319.E56326@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <200310082225.01973.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> References: <200310082225.01973.j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net>
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On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Jonathan wrote: > I tested the latest source and it seems to work OK. USB scanning works. > However when i start multiple sessions of Octave, a MatLab clone, and have it > do huge computations it crashes my Kde 3.1.3 desktop because the computer has > run our of swap space. This did not happen in 4.8. If the machine ran out of > swap space in 4.8, it just killed the offending application. It still is, its just that it thinks the "offending application" is X: > Oct 8 21:35:22 analytic /kernel: pid 66764 (XFree86), uid 0, was killed: out > of swap space Really, memory is cheap. Go buy some more. 256MB isn't really enough if you are running large graphical applications. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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