Subject: Re: weird memory stuff...
To: Marc Wandschneider <storm@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 12/22/1993 04:26:00
> when i first installed 0.9 and -current, i noticed that after
> a certain point [no idea what it was ;-)], processes that
> were created all were reported to have a 32m virtual memory
> size,
that was due to a bug relating to stack allocation and 'unlimit',
unless i'm mistaken...
> after rebooting, i had no problems, however, i have just been
> running top for some time now, and have noticed the same
> thig happening---every single process i create is being
> reported by top and ps as having an 8m virtual size
> something extremely unlikely.
i've never seen anything like this. the 'unlimit' problem was
fixed... are you running an up-to-date copy of ps and w?
what's the date on the -current you're running?
chris
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