On 15/09/06, Amit Aronovitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Actually, AFAIK the problem is that for some obscure reason, the oom-killer goes into a killing spree (mumbling something along the lines of "oom verry angry... wannttt moooore HighMemmm..." ;-) ) when physical memory becomes full, without even starting to fill the swap. See e.g. http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01527.html
I see from this link that there is a lot behind the scenes beyond the current thread, so I better just shut up because I don't know the entire story here. --Amos -- "Military justice is to justice what military music is to music" ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
