[K12OSN] Suggested fix for Wine

Trond Mæhlum trond at mahlum.biz
Thu May 26 20:36:52 UTC 2005


tor, 26,.05.2005 kl. 12.35 -0700, skrev Eric Harrison:
> Trond Mæhlum wrote:
> > tor, 26,.05.2005 kl. 09.18 -0400, skrev Gideon Romm:
> >
> >>ulimit applies to processes, not users.  As long as it is set
> >>in /etc/profile (and not unset elsewhere), it should limit the memory
> >>for any process launched.
> >
> >
> > I don't know anything about that, but the scenario is this:
> >
> > When logged in as user, wine fails with the message below. When I type
> > ulimit -a it says virtual memory 600000. ulimit -v unlimited cannot be
> > executed as normal user. This is the same wheter ulimit -v unlimited is
> > set in /etc/profile, /etc/rc.local or not set at all.
> >
> > When logged in as root, wine also fails with the same message. When I
> > type ulimit -a it also says virtual memory 600000. But now I can run
> > ulimit -v unlimited, and execute wine, and it works.
> >
> > On my Debian box at home, I just ran ulimit -a as myself. It showed
> > virtual memory unlimited.
> >
> >
> > Is the 600000 limit a redhat thing? If so it should be possible to alter
> > it for normal user as well?
> >
> > Trond
> >
> 
> 
> After editing your /etc/profile and/or /etc/rc.local, did you reboot?

Yes

Trond
> 
> -Eric
> 
> 
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