Raspberry Pi 3 make -j 3 issue

[mhfrey]

The Wiki recommends using make -j 3 when building from source on a Raspberry Pi 3. I have found this to be a problem because this uses all the memory and swap space and the build goes into swap death. Make -j 2 also has the same problem. Is anyone else seeing this or have I missed something in the Wiki?

Thanks for your help and comments.

[waaren]

The Wiki recommends using make -j 3 when building from source on a Raspberry Pi 3. I have found this to be a problem because this uses all the memory and swap space and the build goes into swap death. Make -j 2 also has the same problem. Is anyone else seeing this or have I missed something in the Wiki?

Thanks for your help and comments.

I had similar problems. What I do now on my development system is
stop all services not absolutely needed,

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        service bluetooth stop
        service cron stop
        service domoticz stop
        service domoticz.sh stop
        service fail2ban stop
        service kmod stop
        service lightdm stop
        service monit stop
        service mysql stop
        service nmbd stop
        service raspi-config stop
        service atd start
        service samba stop
        service smbd stop
        service triggerhappy stop
        service winbind stop

and make with only 1 processor

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make -j1 1>make.log 2>make.error

It takes a bit longer but it works on my systems.

[mhfrey]

Thanks for the reply, I guess I did not miss something. I agree make -j 1 will work, I have also found that make -j 2 will also eventually go into swap death.

The Wiki should probably be updated.

Cheers,

[waaren]

Thanks for the reply, I guess I did not miss something. I agree make -j 1 will work, I have also found that make -j 2 will also eventually go into swap death.

The Wiki should probably be updated.

Cheers,

I tried but giving a fatal exception. Might have something to do with the planned move of the forum. Will try again tomorrow but you should also be able to update the wiki or add something if you think it is missing / incorrect