From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Mar 24 17:02:22 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA56CADC80F for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:02:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bmcgover@cisco.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD1681680 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:02:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bmcgover@cisco.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id BC346ADC80E; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:02:22 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBD6AADC80C for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:02:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bmcgover@cisco.com) Received: from aer-iport-4.cisco.com (aer-iport-4.cisco.com [173.38.203.54]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-SEED-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "aer-iport.cisco.com", Issuer "HydrantID SSL ICA G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05913167E for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:02:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bmcgover@cisco.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=cisco.com; i=@cisco.com; l=1609; q=dns/txt; s=iport; t=1458838942; x=1460048542; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id: content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=RwOKWLFOMFwQSXp0J1+AFfxS39ZtenI1QTTpVjk1us0=; b=YAJjGDoaZ8AUddMA0o42vIBB8Xhx9K8tyqQ9Y674DeqUATy0/+9zbbHF sY6uo+KTU2qRf6QbnuoT8i/vWbAtSaia3mtQNzHeKpXFHDvzOp5fdT8pC gWngmGQyYO+KR59UwpHVQLzVHWhtAdqND204a5NsqBaZKeuwaF2+XKwKA 4=; X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A0CoBACfHPRW/xbLJq1ehQq4PoQNiA0BA?= =?us-ascii?q?QEBAQFlHAuESDpRATgGQicEGxGIDqBToEMBAQgBAQEBARuGHohbDWaFCAWHXYc?= =?us-ascii?q?QiHEBjXyPEo8IAWKDZYkGPH4BAQE?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.24,385,1454976000"; d="scan'208";a="636516789" Received: from aer-iport-nat.cisco.com (HELO aer-core-1.cisco.com) ([173.38.203.22]) by aer-iport-4.cisco.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 24 Mar 2016 17:01:09 +0000 Received: from XCH-RTP-003.cisco.com (xch-rtp-003.cisco.com [64.101.220.143]) by aer-core-1.cisco.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id u2OH18Cf022170 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:01:08 GMT Received: from xch-rtp-005.cisco.com (64.101.220.145) by XCH-RTP-003.cisco.com (64.101.220.143) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1104.5; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:01:07 -0400 Received: from xch-rtp-005.cisco.com ([64.101.220.145]) by XCH-RTP-005.cisco.com ([64.101.220.145]) with mapi id 15.00.1104.009; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:01:07 -0400 From: "Brian McGovern (bmcgover)" To: "questions@freebsd.org" Subject: GNOME 3 upper RAM limit? Thread-Topic: GNOME 3 upper RAM limit? Thread-Index: AQHRhe7Bbe4A6oykPkG/qsqGGB0fFA== Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:01:06 +0000 Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ms-exchange-transport-fromentityheader: Hosted x-originating-ip: [10.131.65.20] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:02:22 -0000 This may sound like a stupid question, but I wanted to float it before I sp= ent some time to go off and try to research it. I'm seeing a problem with G= nome 3 not working above a certain memory configuration, but there is still= some overlap I can't explain. I figured I'd float it in case it was a know= n issue. Gnome 3.14.2 works on a FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE-p10 machine with 32GB of memor= y (32768 real, 31641 avail). Gnome 3.16.2 works on a Lenovo laptop with 8GB of RAM. Gnome 3.16.2 fails on a Lenovo laptop with 32GB of RAM (same laptop, 32768 = real, 31386 avail) Gnome 3.18.0 fails on a server with 256GB of RAM. X in all cases is generally well behaved; I can run xdm, log in, life is wo= nderful. A few applications crash, but no more or less so than under Gnome = on the working machines. The common symptom of failure is that upon providing your username and pass= word, there is a long delay, followed by the white "Oh no! Something has go= ne wrong." screen with the option of logging back out, which works. The only message I get on the console beyond the normal startup junk is is = "gdm[XXXX]: Failed to remove greeter program access to display. Trying to p= roceed." On the Lenovo, I can switch between the memory configs, and it "works", or = "not". Again, just curious if its known in circles other than mine before I chase = it at all. I have the fallback of going to another window manager/desktop, = so its not critical, so I'm not sure how many hours I'll burn on it, but I'= d like to be able to keep trucking with my existing desktop.=