Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:19:11 +0200 (CEST) From: Barbara <barbara.xxx1975@libero.it> To: <freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: nspluginwrapper(-devel) and core dumps Message-ID: <17218941.4570191285103951897.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost>
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>Rick C. Petty wrote: > > Barbara <barbara.xxx1975@libero.it> wrote: > > > > > > I tried adding "-c 1" to the ulimit line, but I got (note -m): > > > $ du -m npviewer.bin.core > > > 1126 npviewer.bin.core > > > > > > Do you thing that changing the value for -s can help? > > > Which value would you suggest to try? > > > > Hmm, have you tried "-c 0" instead? Another place to fix it system-wide is > > in /etc/login.conf. I've sometimes changed or added the line: > > :coredumpsize=0:\ > > > > Of course that only affects subsequent logins, not current ones. I believe > > in either case if you set it to zero, you get no core dump file at all. > >If you don't need coredumps at all, you can easily disable >them globally (i.e. system-wide) with this sysctl command >(as root). It takes effect immediately. > ># sysctl kern.coredump=0 > >To do that automatically every time the machine boots, add >this line to /etc/sysctl.conf: > >kern.coredump=0 > >Best regards > Oliver Thank you Oliver, but as I explained I don't want to disable coredump. I just want to do it for npviewer, because I don't know how useful they are and because they are VERY big. Cheers Barbara
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