Re: Can a process be made immune to out-of-swap-space kills?

2005-10-30 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-10-30 00:21, Doug Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 01:59:53AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > On 2005-10-29 16:34, Doug Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sometimes, I accidentally run something that eats up too much > > > memory and causes the pager to run out

Re: Can a process be made immune to out-of-swap-space kills?

2005-10-29 Thread Doug Lee
On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 01:59:53AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-10-29 16:34, Doug Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sometimes, I accidentally run something that eats up too much > > memory and causes the pager to run out of swap space and start > > shooting down processes to rectify t

Re: Can a process be made immune to out-of-swap-space kills?

2005-10-29 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-10-29 16:34, Doug Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes, I accidentally run something that eats up too much > memory and causes the pager to run out of swap space and start > shooting down processes to rectify the situation. Sometimes, > the process chosen for demolition happens to be

Re: Can a process be made immune to out-of-swap-space kills?

2005-10-29 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/30/05, Doug Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes, I accidentally run something that eats up too much memory > and causes the pager to run out of swap space and start shooting down > processes to rectify the situation. Sometimes, the process chosen for > demolition happens to be `screen

Can a process be made immune to out-of-swap-space kills?

2005-10-29 Thread Doug Lee
Sometimes, I accidentally run something that eats up too much memory and causes the pager to run out of swap space and start shooting down processes to rectify the situation. Sometimes, the process chosen for demolition happens to be `screen.' Since this process sorta manages a whole lot of other