Re: Virtual memory exhausted...

[Bernd Sieker <bsieker%techfak.uni-bielefeld.de@localhost>]

On 20.11.99, 15:07:24, Bjarne Wichmann Petersen wrote:
> Now this is a first.
> 
> I'm trying to compile kde-libs and the system chokes with the error:
> 
> Virtual memory exhausted
> 
> How's that possible? Sure I've only got 16 MB RAM but a 128 MB swap. This
> didn't stop me when compiling under Linux.
> 
> So what do I do now?

Are you sure the swap partition is actually active? the command
"pstat -s" will show you the active swap partitions.

You need to have a line like this in /etc/fstab:

/dev/wd0b       none    swap    sw      0 0

Unlike earlier versions the kernel no longer has a default swap
partition, and _all_ swap partitions should appear in /etc/fstab.

Unless you deliberately set "no_swap" to YES in /etc/rc.conf, you
should get a warning at boot time about no defined swap partitions.

> 
> (Boy, I really oughta get my hands on an accl.)
> 
> Bjarne
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Bernd Sieker

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