On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 01:27:35PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote: > This is current/amd64. Unlike in previous versions, > some memory-heavy processes (such as in building some > big port) get killed with > > UVM: pid 11422 (cc1plus), uid 0 killed: out of swap > > On this machine, I have _no_ swap. However, the machine has > 1G RAM, and most of it is free in the moment this happens. > > In fact, occasionaly, spawning a new xterm fails like this, > even if there is nothing else happening and there is nearly > 1G of free RAM. > > Has something changed in this respect? > Do I _have_ to have swap?
[snip] > UVM: pid 17950 (cc1plus), uid 0 killed: out of swap > UVM: pid 11442 (cc1plus), uid 0 killed: out of swap cc1plus is known to require vast ammounts of memory in some cases. It is likely you *are* running out of swap. -Otto