When I try and compiie x11/kdebase2, I get the following:

gmake[3]: Entering directory `/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/kdelibs-2.2.1/khtml/misc'
/bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile --tag=CXX c++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../kimgio -I../.. -I../../dcop  -I../../kio -I../../libltdl  -I../../khtml -I../../khtml/misc -I../../khtml/css  -I../../khtml/dom -I../../khtml/xml -I../../khtml/html  -I../../dcop -I../../libltdl -I../../kdecore -I../../kdeui -I../../kssl -I/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/.buildlink/qt2/include -I/usr/X11R6/include  -I/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/.buildlink/include  -I/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/.buildlink/include  -I/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/.buildlink/include  -O2 -I/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/.buildlink/include -I/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/.buildlink/include -O2 -march=pentiumpro -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new  -ftemplate-depth-99 -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST  -c helper.cpp
c++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../kimgio -I../.. -I../../dcop -I../../kio -I../../libltdl -I../../khtml -I../../khtml/misc -I../../khtml/css -I../../khtml/dom -I../../khtml/xml -I../../khtml/html -I../../dcop -I../../libltdl -I../../kdecore -I../../kdeui -I../../kssl -I/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/.buildlink/qt2/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/.buildlink/include -I/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/.buildlink/include -I/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/.buildlink/include -O2 -I/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/.buildlink/include -I/var/obj/x11/kdelibs2/work/.buildlink/include -O2 -march=pentiumpro -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -ftemplate-depth-99 -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -c helper.cpp  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/helper.o
helper.cpp: In function `void setNamedColor(class QColor &, const class QString &)':
helper.cpp:257: virtual memory exhausted
gmake[3]: *** [helper.lo] Error 1


And yet the machine has 155MB of memory free, and half a gig of unallocated
swap at the same time.  So what virtual memory is it that is gettng exhausted?


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