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Old 05-12-2006, 11:36 AM   #1
worldgnat
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Blender issues in Gentoo


This post should be a bit easier than the ones I normally post. I'm trying to emerge Blender in Gentoo, and I get this error:

OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
scons: building terminated because of errors.

The fact that it tells me "OSError" makes me think I have to recompile my kernel, but I don't know. Please let me know what you think.

Thanks,
-Peter
 
Old 05-14-2006, 03:59 AM   #2
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no, it means you don't have enough free memory to complete the build
compiling software eats lots and lots of ram
make sure you have a swap partition or buy more ram
 
Old 05-14-2006, 11:42 AM   #3
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My error before was something about Xlib not having the GLX module, and Blender could not open a window. Here's how to fix this problem:

Edit Xorg.conf, and scroll down to the modules section. You'll see a line that says:

# load "glx"

Maybe without the quotes. Uncomment (aka delete the hashmark), and then either restart your computer or be all Linuxy and only restart X server.

Cheers, and thanks for the help.

-Peter

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