On 03/24/10 17:17, Dave Miner wrote: > On 03/24/10 04:31 PM, Girish Moodalbail wrote: >> Folks, >> >> Could somebody please let me know the memory requirements to run DC? >> >> distro_const has already failed on me several times since morning, due >> to memory issues. I am running on a system with 2GB physical memory. >> Does it require more than that? >> >> I see following messages on the terminal: >> >> bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable >> bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable >> bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable >> bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable >> bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable >> bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable >> bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable >> bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable >> bash: fork: retry: Resource temporarily unavailable >> >> and in the detail log, I see >> >> pkg: There is not enough memory to complete the requested operation. At >> least >> 475MB of virtual memory was in use by this command before it ran out of >> memory. >> You must add more memory (swap or physical) or allow the system to >> access more >> existing memory, or quit other programs that may be consuming memory, >> and try >> the operation again. >> > > The message actually indicates it's pkg that is running out of memory, > so this is somewhat out of DC's control. This has been an issue with > upgrades on smaller machines recently, but first I've heard of DC > running out. > >> The document here >> http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/dev/DistroConst/docinfo.html >> doesn't talk about 'memory' requirements. >> > > Typically, there aren't, but then again it mostly gets run on build > machines that have a lot more memory than 2 GB. I'd try adding swap, > getting rid of other big processes that may be running as well, or use a > bigger machine.
Thank you all. I will move to more powerful machine and retry. thanks ~Girish
