memory fault

Hi everyone.
I'm using netbsd 3.1 on a i686 laptop. On a couple of
applications, I 
often meet memory faults. I have to raise memory each time
by using 
ulimit -d.
I was wondering how I could tune memory size once for all.
Best regards,
David

"david.aubril" <david.aubrilac-nantes.fr> writes:
> Hi everyone.
> I'm using netbsd 3.1 on a i686 laptop. On a couple of
applications, I
> often meet memory faults. I have to raise memory each
time by using
> ulimit -d.
> I was wondering how I could tune memory size once for
all.

Change your ulimits in your login script (.profile or .login
depending
on your shell).

Perry

Well, it works. Thanks a lot.

Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> "david.aubril" <david.aubrilac-nantes.fr> writes:
>   
>> Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>>     
>>> "david.aubril" <david.aubrilac-nantes.fr> writes:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi everyone.
>>>> I'm using netbsd 3.1 on a i686 laptop. On a
couple of applications, I
>>>> often meet memory faults. I have to raise
memory each time by using
>>>> ulimit -d.
>>>> I was wondering how I could tune memory
size once for all.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Change your ulimits in your login script
(.profile or .login depending
>>> on your shell).
>>>       
>> Well, that's the solution if I use a shell to
launch the
>> application. But what about if I use a launcher or
a shortcut in the
>> menu ( in a graphical environment ) ?
>>     
>
> That depends on how you start X. If you start it from
your login shell
> with "startx", then .profile works fine,
because X is a descendant of
> the shell where the ulimit got changed, or your
.xinitrc.
>
> If you start X with xdm, your .xsession file might be
appropriate. I
> do this in my .xsession to run my profile and my
xinitrc, and you
> could put the command into either of those:
>
> ------
> #!/bin/sh
>
> export XSESSION=YES
>
> . .profile
> . .xinitrc
> ------
>
> or you could put the ulimit command directly in the
.xsession.
>
> You could also do it in your window manager init file,
depending on
> the window manager and how it works.
>
> If you use xdm, another possibility is to do it in an
additional
> script for the xdm launcher, such as adding a
/etc/rc.conf.d/xdm
> script containing the right ulimit command.
>
> There are probably a dozen ways to do this but they're
all varations
> on the same theme.
>
>