Re: oom-killer

[Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@yahoo.com>]

 --- Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote: 
> Hi Debian,

Whom?

> echo `expr $(*blockdev --getsize* $DEVICE) \* $(blockdev --getss
> $DEVICE)`
> 
> I am no script whiz and all I was trying to do is figure the HD size,

That's why there's the 'du' command.

> Has anybody seen an explanation of the oom-killer parameters for the 
> quick-start witted? It would be nice if you got some sort of prior 
> warning. But maybe that script tried to allocate everything. In this 
> case though it would have been better just to kill bash.

It happens when a resource is out of control.  The OOM-killer
steps in to preserve the kernel, since without that, nothing
runs.

-- Thomas Adam


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