On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 09:56:52AM +0200, Niels S. Eliasen wrote:
> I have tried the "unlimit datasize" according to 
> "http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/compiling.html#unlimit"
> I did progress but still the system(while compiling) hangs all of a 
> sudden.....
> (Besides: the "ulimit datasize does not work with the 2.0.5 version of 
> bash; you have to enter "ulimit -d 999999")
> 
> Even tried to do the "pkgsrc" installs from another user than root(to 
> minimise the impact on NetBSD), but still I can provoke the system to a 
> standstill.....
> 
> Manuel: You mentioned in one of your earlier mails something about a 
> hardware failure with the fan....The powersupply fan is broken, but I 
> would "presume" that the problem would arise due to heat-problems, and 
> this problem can just as well happen 2-3 minutes after system-start....

If the air flow of the PSU fan goes though the CPU (or others critical
components on the motherboard), 2-3 minutes may be enouth to have it overhead

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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