>We could probably have it print messages to the console when pages get
>really scarce.
>

I am seing the same problem on my server machine (8Meg RAM, 32 MEG swap, yes
it's enabled). 

I would really like a process (like a compile) to simply abort and release its
memory before the entire system is blocked. Any idea how I can produce such
behaviour?

Paul

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