Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:25:10 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> To: Arone Silimantia <aronesimi@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: beefy system exhausted by MRTG port install (Cannot allocate memory) Message-ID: <45DB12D6.30002@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <75194.58855.qm@web58602.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <75194.58855.qm@web58602.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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On 02/19/07 22:20, Arone Silimantia wrote: > New, modern, p4-xeon based system. > > 4 GB physical RAM: > > # dmesg|grep emory > real memory = 3489071104 (3327 MB) > avail memory = 3418656768 (3260 MB) > > 4 GB swap: > > # swapinfo > Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity > /dev/da0s1b 4194304 40 4194264 0% > > And because it has a multi-TB filesystem attached, it even has a big number here: > > # cat /boot/loader.conf > kern.maxdsiz="3072000000" > > So imagine my surprise when I: > > # cd /usr/ports/net-mgmt/mrtg ; make install > > (snip, snip) > > ===> Patching for png-1.2.12_1 > ===> Applying FreeBSD patches for png-1.2.12_1 > ===> Configuring for png-1.2.12_1 > ===> Building for png-1.2.12_1 > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -c png.c > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -c pngset.c > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -c pngget.c > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -c pngrutil.c > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -c pngtrans.c > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -c pngwutil.c > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -c pngread.c > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -c pngrio.c > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -c pngwio.c > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -c pngwrite.c > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -c pngrtran.c > virtual memory exhausted: Cannot allocate memory > *** Error code 1 > > > after this attempt, swapinfo still shows zero swap in use. > > What does this mean ? > > Is my system now in an unstable state ? Should I reboot ? Did you try reducing your maxdsiz to something a few hundred mb's less? Eric
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