Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:41:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Alexander Sanda <entropy@compufit.at> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: encountered possible VM bug ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808271638330.1373-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19980824111923.A207@compufit.at>
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On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Alexander Sanda wrote: [...] > Ok, what happened ? > While I was playing with the KDE newsreader (krn), I encountered a bug > in krn, probably caused by some kind of infinite recursion or similar. The quick answer is, similar to the answer "what do I do; it hurts when I put my finger in my ear": don't do that. krn, as-is, will indeed eat gobs of RAM on big newsgroups (2000+ messages IIRC). Add more swap space, debug krn, or just don't grab that many subject headers. - alex | "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern | | technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." | | Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/ | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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