Marc Herbert wrote: > I suggest that Linux kids do not try this at home: the OutOfMemory killer > killed a few random processes of mine!
Off-Topic for this mailing list but if so then you should configure your Linux kernel to avoid memory overcommit. I have previously ranted about this in some detail here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/08/msg00022.html And more recently with a little more rationale here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/04/msg02554.html Bob
