recording wavs

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Squabsy wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 00:20:08 +0100, "Squabsy" <squabsy at lycos.co.uk> said:
> > OK with ulimit -a  I get
> > Rich at linux:~> ulimit -a
> > core file size        (blocks, -c) 0
> > data seg size         (kbytes, -d) unlimited
> > file size             (blocks, -f) unlimited
> > max locked memory     (kbytes, -l) unlimited
> > max memory size       (kbytes, -m) unlimited
> > open files                    (-n) 1024
> > pipe size          (512 bytes, -p) 8
> > stack size            (kbytes, -s) unlimited
> > cpu time             (seconds, -t) unlimited
> > max user processes            (-u) 2047
> > virtual memory        (kbytes, -v) unlimited
> > Rich at linux:~>
>
> In a cynical attempt to get back to the top of the list I'm replying too
> my own post.
>
> I still don't understand why any of the above limits would create a
> problem when I'm trying to record a wav file that would be 500k at most.

They wouldn't.  ulimit doesn't control max file size.  That's basically a
filesystem/glibc/kernel issue.

>
> I have updated to a newer Kernal but it doesn't seem to have made any
> differance.
>
> How would I go about increasing the file size limit ?
> Why does it need so much space to create a wav in linux.

It shouldn't.  I still think something is either f00bar with your
hardware, or SuSE.  Unless you're really tied to your current install, you
might want to try a different distro just to see if it makes a difference.

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