Re: QT2 Outputs "virtual memory exhausted"

["John Smith" <pagemaster41@hotmail.com>]

Well I got it compiled and installed cleanly.  All I did was install it as 
root and for limit I set all the 
limits(cputime;filesize;datasize;stacksize;coredumpsize;memoryuse;memorylocked;maxproc;openfiles) 
to the max allowed.  I am sure this was a outright stupid thing to do but I 
really wanted to get Qt installed, I am just hoping that the man pages tell 
me a way to restore them to their defaults.






>[As an aside Joe/John, this is much better. Thank you. :]
>
>* John Smith <pagemaster41@hotmail.com> [001102 15:58]:
> > How would I use limit to set everything to unlimited?
>
>This is going to be a bit difficult. Only root can raise the limits
>imposed by ulimit; when a user lowers their limits, the user cannot even
>raise them to pre-limiting levels. So, when changing the limits on your
>own user account it is very easy to go down, and difficult to go up.
>
>I don't know of any easy way to do this for user accounts in OpenBSD
>2.7. In the 2.8 snapshots there is a file, /etc/login.conf I believe,
>that will give you the ability to set limits per-user, including raising
>your own limits.
>
>In 2.7, there are two methods I can think of: login as root, use ulimit
>to increase the limits, then spawn a shell of your user with sudo or su,
>and then start playing with the qt2 stuff. Or, you could try writing a
>setuid root program that would increase the ulimits.
>
>Both options are lousy, and I wouldn't recommend either. :)
>
>A last ditch option, also lousy, is to run the qt2 stuff as root.
><shudder>
>
>
>--
>``Oh Lord; Ooh you are so big; So absolutely huge; Gosh we're all really
>impressed down here, I can tell you.''
>

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