problem with files larger then 100Mbyte++

carboncopy · 04-25-2005, 05:29 AM

I have posted a topic on bittorrent not able to handle file larger then 4gbyte.

However I found out that the problem is not only that. My slackware couldn't handle file larger then 100mbyte, which is shameful.

Yesterday, a though came into my mind. Maybe it had something to do with ULIMIT in /etc/login.defs. I must admit that I did also upgrade Slackware-current with the latest upgraded packages.

But I suspect it was ULIMIT which causes bittorrent, azureus and also audacity to crash when reaching the file size limit.

Anybody can confirm or shoot me down, please do so. I want to learn, I want to know what was the problem.

Note: I comment out ULIMIT. The problem is fix, for now.

xushi · 04-25-2005, 05:33 AM

lol,

i have

Code:

#ULIMIT         2097152

But its commented out

carboncopy · 04-25-2005, 09:37 AM

Code:

#ULIMIT         262144

Can somebody confirm or refute that my ULIMIT was the cause of file size problem?

BrianW · 04-25-2005, 10:35 AM

Just a thought though. Since its commented out that should have no affect. I have the same value as xushi posted. What do you get when you type ulimit in the console? It replies unlimited to me.

DaWallace · 04-25-2005, 08:01 PM

you sure it's not a running out of memory problem?

I had big troubles with that recently, killing my programs. it turned out that I had simply forgotten to add a swap line to my fstab

this may not have anything to do with your situation but it's somewhat important, overall.

mrcheeks · 04-25-2005, 08:40 PM

it is very strange, i never had those problems on slackware or any other linux distro. which filesystem are you using?
the ulimit return unlimited for me on linux.

carboncopy · 04-25-2005, 10:38 PM

Sorry, I need to clarify.

The problem is gone after I comment out the ULIMIT.

When the ULIMIT was set to the number above I had the problem.

And now I know for sure that the file size is limited to 128mbyte.

On another machine which I have ULIMIT (can't remember the setting), my file size was limited to 1gbyte.

keefaz · 04-26-2005, 02:29 AM

You could comment this line if it works and set ulimit with bash

see man bash, ulimit can be applied for file size created (-f), the maximum
number of processes (-u) for an user and other things...

carboncopy · 04-26-2005, 10:40 AM

Thanks keefaz. Now I think it is for sure ULIMIT in /etc/login.defs was the culprit.

This is clearly a case of, ain't broken, tweak till it breaks and fix it.