On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Squabsy wrote: > On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 00:20:08 +0100, "Squabsy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > OK with ulimit -a I get > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> ulimit -a > > core file size (blocks, -c) 0 > > data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited > > file size (blocks, -f) unlimited > > max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited > > max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited > > open files (-n) 1024 > > pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8 > > stack size (kbytes, -s) unlimited > > cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited > > max user processes (-u) 2047 > > virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> > > In a cynical attempt to get back to the top of the list I'm replying too > my own post. > > I still don't understand why any of the above limits would create a > problem when I'm trying to record a wav file that would be 500k at most.
They wouldn't. ulimit doesn't control max file size. That's basically a filesystem/glibc/kernel issue. > > I have updated to a newer Kernal but it doesn't seem to have made any > differance. > > How would I go about increasing the file size limit ? > Why does it need so much space to create a wav in linux. It shouldn't. I still think something is either f00bar with your hardware, or SuSE. Unless you're really tied to your current install, you might want to try a different distro just to see if it makes a difference. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://mail.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
