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ashtonx

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Registered: 2020-07-15

Posts: 14

Oom killer killing compiler/ide

I keep getting this issue with unreal engine.

Either it kill compiler while it's compiling the engine, or ide. Lately it keeps killing ide while shaders are getting compiled.

Is there some way to limit memory usage ? killing seems like an overkill.

ReDress

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From: Nairobi

Registered: 2024-11-30

Posts: 237

Re: Oom killer killing compiler/ide

Is there some way to limit memory usage ? killing seems like an overkill.

If you limit memory usage, then your program will probably crash due to inability to allocate memory.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,815

Re: Oom killer killing compiler/ide

Is that caused by the systemd OOM daemon or the kernel one ?

Increasing swapspace can help mitigate the issue in both cases, especially if swap is on a nvme sdd.

Note that the systemd oom killer is not easy (though possible) to tame/block as it gets started on demand through dbus .

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Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky