Hi, Michael <mike@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have compiled Gimp 1.2.3 with -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE > -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 and it can see files over 2GB ok, but if I > create a new image that is over say 3GB then the swap file fills up > until gets to 2GB and then stops. Gimp then starts to use up the rest > of physical memory until the kernel jumps in and then sends it to its > rest. > Is there a variable in the source that I can increase to make the swap > file bigger? there are several places that need to be tweaked. I have done a couple of changes in the 1.3 development tree that should allow to use large swap files as well as large tile cache sizes. These changes haven't yet seen much testing however. I'd appreciate your feedback if you want to give it a try. Salut, Sven