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Conference smurf::buildhelp

Title:USG buildhelp questions/answers
Moderator:SMURF::FILTER
Created:Mon Apr 26 1993
Last Modified:Mon Jan 20 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2763
Total number of notes:5802

1089.0. "build setup errors" by SMURF::FILTER (Automatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puck) Thu Nov 17 1994 12:39

Date Of Receipt: 	17-NOV-1994 12:13:25.94
From: 	WASTED::bozen "mark bozen USG  17-Nov-1994 1210"
To: 	odeadmin@DEC:.zko.wasted
CC: 	
Subj: 	build setup errors

% build setup
relative path: ./kernel.
cd ../../obj/alpha/kernel
exec make -cF  OTHERS="" build_all
[ /kernel/include ]
makepath include/. && cd include &&  exec make 'RELEASE_OPTIONS=-idfile `genloc 
/src/se
tup/osf1_idlist`'    MAKEFILE_PASS=BASIC dopass_all
[ /kernel/include/mach ]
makepath mach/. && cd mach &&  exec make 'RELEASE_OPTIONS=-idfile `genloc 
/src/setup/os
f1_idlist`'    MAKEFILE_PASS=BASIC dopass_all
[ /kernel/include/mach/alpha ]
makepath alpha/. && cd alpha &&  exec make 'RELEASE_OPTIONS=-idfile `genloc 
/src/setup/
osf1_idlist`'    MAKEFILE_PASS=BASIC dopass_all
sh: fork failed - too many processes
*** Exit 1
Stop.


 Is this a problem with buffer?
                                                                 - Mark
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Name		DateLines
1089.1Re: build setup errorsSMURF::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckThu Nov 17 1994 12:4052
Date Of Receipt: 	17-NOV-1994 12:18:31.29
From: 	FLAMBE::"[email protected]" "17-Nov-1994 1215"
To: 	[email protected]
CC: 	[email protected]
Subj: 	Re: build setup errors

| % build setup
| relative path: ./kernel.
| cd ../../obj/alpha/kernel
| exec make -cF  OTHERS="" build_all
| [ /kernel/include ]
| makepath include/. && cd include &&  exec make 'RELEASE_OPTIONS=-idfile `genl
oc 
| /src/se
| tup/osf1_idlist`'    MAKEFILE_PASS=BASIC dopass_all
| [ /kernel/include/mach ]
| makepath mach/. && cd mach &&  exec make 'RELEASE_OPTIONS=-idfile `genloc 
| /src/setup/os
| f1_idlist`'    MAKEFILE_PASS=BASIC dopass_all
| [ /kernel/include/mach/alpha ]
| makepath alpha/. && cd alpha &&  exec make 'RELEASE_OPTIONS=-idfile `genloc 
| /src/setup/
| osf1_idlist`'    MAKEFILE_PASS=BASIC dopass_all
| sh: fork failed - too many processes
| *** Exit 1
| Stop.
| 
| 
|  Is this a problem with buffer?
|                                                                  - Mark
| 

Nope. It's a problem with the kernel on your machine. Bet you're using the 
stock kernel, no?

Try bumping maxusers up to about 128, unless you only have a small amount of 
memory (like less than 96 MB) then you could try 64 instead of the default of 
32.


		-Grant

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