Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 12:43:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Henry Tieman <henryt@hood.pcx.ncd.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: malloc fail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980127124257.16751A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199801232015.MAA05495@hood.pcx.ncd.com>
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On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Henry Tieman wrote: > 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. Hm, you might run top in another window while netpbm is running and make sure it isn't ballooning out of control. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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