Hello Bill,

that solved the problem. The program runs now as expacted. I didn't know
that you can adjust program / process limits at the shell.

Thank you.

Rudi

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:02:14 -0800
Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org> wrote:

> ....
> > Could you elaborate on this please.
> 
> If you are using csh, run the "limit" command. If you are using sh,
> run the "ulimit" command.
> 
> > I checked the kernel config-file, and found no parameter
> > had a look at man(8) sysctl, also nothing that triggert me
> > nor did /etc/defaults/rc.conf
> > 
> > Someone to tell me where to change this per process memory resource
> > limit.
> 
> For csh (or tcsh) add "limit datasize 262144" to .cshrc. For sh and 
> friends, add "ulimit -d 262144" to .profile.
> 
> > Not that I am that eager on running benchmark programms, but I would
> > like to understand what happens there.
> 
> The default per-process limits weren't big enough to run the program.
> Or at least that's what I think was wrong. I ran the test program you 
> referenced without issue.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Bill
>