I have OpenSCAD version 2015.03-1 installed on an (admittedly low power) ubuntu system. The machine has only 2gb of memory. I'm trying to generate a rather simple object, just a hollow hemisphere, thru a command line and about 5 minutes after I start it, I'm getting a message no more informative than just "Killed". I'm looking for any suggestions to debug the situation. When I generate the same file in windows, I get this output: -- View this message in context: http://forum.openscad.org/Linux-Problem-tp20757.html Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

- Don

Sounds like the OOM killer (out of memory killer) https://superuser.com/questions/1150215/disabling-oom-killer-on-ubuntu-14-04 Start by adding a swap file. - Don On Mar 04, stonysmith propounded certain bytes, to wit: > Subject: [OpenSCAD] Linux Problem > > I have OpenSCAD version 2015.03-1 installed on an (admittedly low power) > ubuntu system. The machine has only 2gb of memory. > > I'm trying to generate a rather simple object, just a hollow hemisphere, > thru a command line and about 5 minutes after I start it, I'm getting a > message no more informative than just "Killed". > > I'm looking for any suggestions to debug the situation. > > When I generate the same file in windows, I get this output: > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://forum.openscad.org/Linux-Problem-tp20757.html > Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >-- End of excerpt from stonysmith'

That was it! Thanks much for the suggestion. -- View this message in context: http://forum.openscad.org/Linux-Problem-tp20757p20771.html Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com.