From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1F9AAb-0000yM-RV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:05:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1F02x09011947; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:03:00 GMT Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1ENvlfS002671 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:57:47 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76CDACB04 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:57:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19314-10 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:57:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ath600 (ip70-178-169-79.ks.ks.cox.net [70.178.169.79]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE7FDCAAF for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:57:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Zac Slade To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge troubles Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:57:42 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200602150043.27066.benno.schulenberg@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200602150043.27066.benno.schulenberg@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200602141757.43232.krakrjak@volumehost.net> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at volumehost.net X-Archives-Salt: a83627c6-19a0-4fa1-b8fc-4150a6550374 X-Archives-Hash: 9e60d683a71986e3ab18f10b5e813189 On Tuesday 14 February 2006 17:43, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > Jorge Almeida wrote: > > parser error : out of memory error > > /bin/sh: line 1: 3831 Segmentation fault > > Doesn't look good. :( No it doesn't, but there has to be a reason why he's out of memory... What is the output of free, before emerge? How about after it fails? Can you give the output of the following commands: cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness cat /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory cat /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_ratio Also try using "vmstat 5" in one window and attempting the emerge in another window. What process is using the most memory right now? (Check top sorted by memory). > Is this box always on? Have you tried rebooting? Maybe loads of > memory have leaked away. WHOA! Stop right there. Perhaps we should help him diagnose his problem before using a shotgun. > If the RAM has gone bad, to replace it you will have to touch it > anyway. So, no harm in trying to wriggle it a bit first. Touch > and hold the case before touching the RAM strips. There is nothing in the information he has presented thus far to show that there are memory errors of any type. He very well may be just running out of memory. It happens. Send back the extra information and let's get to the bottom of the issue. -- Zac Slade -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list