[ut2004] 3369 Crash

Spike spike at spykes.net
Fri Dec 16 19:32:23 EST 2005


Nah, just lack of any swap space is to blame. :-)


Bren

> OK, I found the problem. The problem is that I'm an idiot. When I 
> upgraded to Slack 10.2 either the installer didn't add a line for
swap 
> to my fstab (unlikely) or I nuked it accidentally (more likely). 
> Basically, I was running without a swap partition. I will now
> repeatedly ram my head against a doorframe.
> 
> Matt

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:27:12 +0000
Alex Boag-Munroe <boagenator at gmail.com> wrote:

> Given that this issue doesn't arise with other games, namely ut2k3, ut, doom
> 3, quake 3 or quake 4, are we sure the kernel is to blame for this?
> 
> On 16/12/05, David Wood <obsidian at panix.com> wrote:
> >
> > The OOM killer is part of the kernel. This is not a problem with UT.
> >
> > To disable it, I would suggest using google to look for the relevant
> > references... Haven't had to do it myself (cause I don't enable it in
> > kernels I build) or I would have more specific advice.
> >
> > On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Matthew Arnold wrote:
> >
> > > Spike wrote:
> > >> Probably the OOM killer at work. Check /var/log/messages.
> > >> Probably might wanna see how much ram the game is using as well.
> > >
> > > I don't know if it got lost in the transition or not so I'll repeat my
> > > question: is this a problem with the current ut2004 patch or a problem
> > with
> > > my 2.6.13 kernel? Either way, how do I fix it?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >  Matt
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Alex Boag-Munroe
> 
> Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.



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