Richard Hall wrote:
> I've just begun using JDK1.1.6 on my Debian 2.0.29 machine, and the
> compiler often, but not always claims to be out of memory. top says:
>
> Mem: 14324K av, 14020K used, 304K free, 8732K shrd, 92K buff
> Swap: 32252K av, 17908K used, 14344K free 3616K cached
>
> The compiler has bailed with close to 1M of RAM free. The only things
> running while this is happening besides a few xterms are X, Netscape, and
> XEmacs. Do I need to add more swap or what?
>
netscape and emacs both gobble prodigious amounts of memory, and you
don't have a whole lot to start with. try shutting down netscape (naturally
i would never advocate shutting down emacs, keep that running until you
shut down the system!). you could use more swap but you may end up with
a whole lot of swapping going on. you probably need more memory.
kanpai!
pat
