Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 01:30:50 +0300 From: Kai Vorma <vode@snakemail.hut.fi> To: John Cavanaugh <john@bang.rain.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: patch for running out of swap space bug in 1.1.5.1? Message-ID: <199505082230.BAA21336@vinkku.hut.fi> In-Reply-To: <199505081617.JAA25775@bang.rain.com> References: <199505081617.JAA25775@bang.rain.com>
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John Cavanaugh writes: > I'm running 1.1.5.1 on a 486/66 with a small newsfeed and am running > out of swap space every 5 days or so. I have heard rumors of there > being a patch out somewhere to fix this problem but I didn't see anything > when I went and looked around on cdrom.com. Is there a patch out there > somewhere or should I give in and upgrade to 2.x? Thanks. FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 leaks memory if you don't have enough RAM. I had a 486 with 4MB RAM (FreeBSD-1.1.5.1 + all relevant patches from ref and mailing-lists) working as UUCP-server and it run out of swap every few days (and crashed or had to be rebooted). We added 4MB more RAM about 8 weeks ago and it has now been up 55 days :-) ..vode
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