Subject: Re: Virtual Memory exhaustion errors during compiles on current (ZA)
To: Emiel Kollof <coolvibe@hackerheaven.org>
From: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/08/2002 17:17:58
try increasing your "datasize" limit with csh's "limit" or sh's "ulimit"
commands.

-Chuck


On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 06:55:07PM +0100, Emiel Kollof wrote:
> Hey people,
> 
> Not sure if it's the right list for this, but kdebase2 fails to build on 
> current due to a dependancy app that won't compile. The port in question is
> qt2-designer-kde and it fails here:
> 
> c++  -c -I/home/netbsd/pkgsrc/x11/qt2-designer-kde/work/.buildlink/qt2/include -
> I/home/netbsd/pkgsrc/x11/qt2-designer-kde/work/.buildlink/include -I/home/netbsd
> /pkgsrc/x11/qt2-designer-kde/work/.buildlink/include -O2 -I/usr/pkg/share/x11-li
> nks/include -DDESIGNER -DHAVE_KDE -I../shared -I../util -I/home/netbsd/pkgsrc/x1
> 1/qt2-designer-kde/work/.buildlink/include -o mainwindow.o mainwindow.cpp
> mainwindow.cpp: In method `void MainWindow::writeConfig()':
> mainwindow.cpp:2696: virtual memory exhausted
> gmake[5]: *** [mainwindow.o] Error 1
> 
> I tried adding more swap (in a swap file) until I had more than 500 MB (which
> is actually MORE than enough, since my sparcstation 10 only has 96 MB)
> 
> What could be the problem here? And more importantly: how do I solve it?
> 
> FYI:
> 
> uname:
> NetBSD bartleby 1.5ZA NetBSD 1.5ZA (BARTLEBY) #5: Wed Mar  6 08:45:28 UTC 2002     root@bartleby:/home/netbsd/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/BARTLEBY sparc
> 
> swapctl -l:
> Device      1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Priority
> swaptmp2       197568      708   196860     0%    0
> /dev/sd0b      197568    12500   185068     6%    0
> swaptmp        197568     7584   189984     4%    0
> Total          592704    20792   571912     4%
> 
> bash-2.05# dmesg | grep mem
> total memory = 97512 KB
> avail memory = 86792 KB
> 
> Cheers,
> Emiel
> -- 
> Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting
> enough cheese
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