Re: DB_CONFIG causes bdb_db_init FATAL or PANIC error, renaming it helps

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Tay, Gary wrote:

> Why don't the error msg says: "ERROR: Please reduce the cachesize in
> DB_CONFIG"?
>  
Why doesn't the error message say "ERROR: Please go buy some more memory" ?
Why doesn't it say "ERROR: Please kill pid 15, it is using the memory 
that I need" ?

Computers don't have intelligence or judgement, that's where people come 
in. If you elect not to use your natural intellect, and would rather 
look for advice from your computer, you're not going to survive long in 
this world.

Meanwhile, the particular error message you're complaining about comes 
from the Berkeley DB library, so if you don't like it, you might want to 
ask the folks at Sleepycat about "improving" it. That discussion does 
not belong on this mailing list, but you might find a sympathetic ear 
over at news:comp.databases.berkeley-db

> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
>  
>
> Most likely you don't have enough free memory to accomodate the cache 
> size you've chosen. By renaming the file and starting up, the BDB 
> library creates an environment of its default size. Renaming back to 
> DB_CONFIG after the environment has been created will have no effect on 
> the cache or log settings. Use a smaller cache, get some more RAM, or 
> kill whatever other programs are running that are using up the rest of 
> your memory.
>
>  


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