The obvious thing that comes to mind is to get some more swap space and see what happens then.
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/tempswapfile bs=1024 count=1048576 # [sudo] mkswap /tmp/tempswapfile should give you 1G extra swap space without repartitioning. That, plus your existing 0.5G swap, should be enough to tell you whether shortage of memory was the issue. Robert --- Pupeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > emerge killed my computer for the 15th time, I run > emerge -uD world -v, and > the computer starts to slow down, the HD to work a > lot (maybe using swap) > untill the computer is totally useless (I can't even > go and kill emerge, not > even pressing num lock toogles the light of the > keyboard)... untill I reboot > it. Today I left it running for a while, untill the > HD stoped, I believe the > memory and swap were filled and that the kernel > paniced. > This is an Athlon Xp 2400+, with 512 MB of phisical > ram and 500 MB of swap. > PORTAGE_NICENESS is set to 19 on /etc/make.conf. > Any ideas ? > - -- > Pupeno: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://pupeno.com > Reading Science Fiction ? http://sfreaders.com.ar > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCR7d/fW48a9PWGkURAgDjAJ4yqgOzAa+txYzsNySNDZDxaxqWVgCgjV0l > yCigOiNzNCbkqFFIqT4/UH0= > =vjpQ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > Robert Persson "I will shout the names of root vegetables for money." Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
