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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!leps5.phys.psu.edu!kenh From: kenh@leps5.phys.psu.edu (Ken Hornstein) Subject: Re: xrn -- malloc error Message-ID: <ByM0GB.HIL@cs.psu.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: leps5.phys.psu.edu Organization: Penn State, Laboratory for Elementary Particle Science References: <1992Dec1.190437.6324@cm.cf.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1992 02:04:58 GMT Lines: 16 In article <1992Dec1.190437.6324@cm.cf.ac.uk> paul@myrddin.isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) writes: >I compiled the xrn from agate, with the 386BSD patches and it compiled >fine but it uses a LOT of virtual memory. Initially I got > >% xrn >xrn: X Toolkit Error: Cannot perform malloc >xrn: X Toolkit Error: Cannot perform malloc >% > >so I set unlimited limits and eventually it started up. A ps -avx shows >a VSZ value of 12372!!! I've noticed this on my DECstation 3100 running Ultrix. I have no idea why xrn uses so much memory, tho. --Ken