On Thursday 22 April 2010 17:31:33 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 21.04.2010 11:09, schrieb Stroller: > >> OK, a bit more RAM wouldn't hurt here. > >> But I am compiling stuff right now. > > > > I would add more. > > > > Services mysteriously dying, surely that could be because the kernel is > > killing them off due to an out-of-memory condition? > > Shouldn't the kernel *swap* then ?
No, the OOM killer kicks in when the kernel has no more virtual memory, including swap. Either way, more RAM is the answer. Or fidn the app with the memory leak if you are unlucky enough to have one of those running around. [snip] -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
