Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 21:08:49 -0500 (EST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: grog@lemis.de Cc: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>, FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Swap leak in -current? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970104210408.16960C-100000@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <199701041632.RAA04980@freebie.lemis.de>
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On Sat, 4 Jan 1997 grog@lemis.de wrote: > John S. Dyson writes: > >> I've just failed a 'make world' for the second time after running out > >> of swap space. I don't understand why: it looks like the make process > >> is using up swap at a ridiculous rate. Here's the scenario: Pentium > >> 133 with 64 MB of memory, a hungry X server using about a third of > >> this, two swap spaces with a total of 150 MB. > >> > > Just updated -current kernel -- use that. I broke it (with an optimization :-(). > > I included all CTM patches up to and including 2888: > > FreeBSD freebie.lemis.de 3.0-CURRENT-ctm-2888 FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT-ctm-2888 #167: Sat Jan 4 11:21:26 MET 1997 grog@freebie.lemis.de:/src/FREEBIE/sys/compile/FREEBIE i386 > > The problem still occurs. I'll try the alternative you describe in > the other message and report. > I've hit this problem with -current (will download the newest sources tonight and retry, as mine are from two nights ago), but hit a second problem: xquake causes a panic/reboot with that kernel. If I plug in my old kernel (Dec 29th), xquake runs fine. Unfortunately, I don't seem to be geting anything in the way of a core dump to analyze, *or* anything on the console (since am running X, of course)... Marc G. Fournier scrappy@hub.org Systems Administrator @ hub.org scrappy@freebsd.org
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