Have you tried 'unlimit datasize' before running gdb?

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On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, David Christiansen (NT) wrote:

> 
> 	Whenever I try to debug a (rather large) program, I get this message
> from gdb.  However, I don't get any kind of console message (e.g.,
> "refused malloc for xxx bytes"), and my machine doesn't swap while
> attempting it.  Is there a non-obvious upper limit on memory allocations
> with NetBSD 1.2/i386, or could this be a bug in gdb?  
> 
> 	I doubt that it's actually running out of swap-- the machine doesn't
> really *do* anything, and the swap partition is around 64Mb in size
> (it's also a fairly loud disk, so I'd guess I'd hear it if the box were
> actually paging).  
> 
> 	Does this sound like anything?  Have I forgotten to torch the
> appropriate animal?  :-)
> 
> ---
> Dave Christiansen
>