Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 13 Oct 1998 08:06:55 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
To:        alexander smishlajev <als@turnhere.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: -stable problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981013080633.17948D-100000@turkey.ispro.net.tr>
In-Reply-To: <3622189E.1C2E133A@turnhere.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
maybe your /tmp space is filling up?
did you check how much space you have with df command?

On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, alexander smishlajev wrote:

> what is the meaning of kernel message "out of swap space"?  well, it
> maybe a stupid question, but my FreeBSD-2.2.7 (updated from CVS 07-Oct)
> have rebooted spontaneously, with this message reported to the system
> console and error log.  what should i do to prevent such behavior in the
> future?  i have 256Mb swap partition; imho this should be enough for any
> reasonable task (normally about 30Mb is allocated).  when some dumb
> process whants to get more, i'd rather like to kill that process (or,
> better, report to it that memory allocation failed), not the whole
> system.
> 
> next.  is there any way to enforce an unattended boot-up after non-clean
> shutdown?  i have the root file system mounted with "sync" option, but i
> still get propmted to enter single-user mode if "clean" flag is not
> set.  so, i have to plug in the system console, enter single-user mode,
> and say "reboot" at the command prompt.  can i automate this process to
> avoid manual intervention?
> 
> thanks,
> alex.
> 
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
> 


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.96.981013080633.17948D-100000>