This patch originates from the Debian project, see https://www.debian.org/ 18dbpagesize_binpower.dpatch by Make sure that the pagesize passed to db__set_pagesize() is a power of two. --- nvi-1.81.6.orig/common/exf.c 2009-03-09 01:48:01.695862889 +0100 +++ nvi-1.81.6/common/exf.c 2009-03-09 10:42:41.147866272 +0100 @@ -249,11 +249,10 @@ * (vi should have good locality) or smaller than 1K. */ psize = ((sb.st_size / 15) + 1023) / 1024; - if (psize > 10) - psize = 10; - if (psize == 0) - psize = 1; - psize *= 1024; + if (psize >= 8) psize=8<<10; + else if (psize >= 4) psize=4<<10; + else if (psize >= 2) psize=2<<10; + else psize=1<<10; F_SET(ep, F_DEVSET); ep->mdev = sb.st_dev;