From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 22 13:42:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA24452 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:42:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA24362 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:42:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA25882; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:41:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:41:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Scott Brown cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Out of memory running tin In-Reply-To: <3607CA3F.773D@asgard.slcc.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Scott Brown wrote: > I just installed tin (pre-1.4 release 980818) on my 2.2.2 machine. It > keeps running out of memory when I try to get a list of articles for a > group. The error message reads: > > tin: memory exhausted trying to allocate 7057652 bytes in file > ././memory.c line 91 > > The machine has 32Mb of physical RAM and a 43Mb swap partition. Right > after tin bombs out, top(1) reports 12Mb of free RAM and 42Mb free > swap. This ought to be plenty for a one-user machine. You're running into process limits. Try running 'unlimit' first, then hack /etc/login.conf. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message