At 08:52 PM 5/30/01 -0800, you wrote:
>HELP!!!
>
>I'm evaluating DNews v5.4g4 on OpenVMS using the Multinet
>TCP/IP stack for a client that needs a news server.
>
>I LOVE DNews, it's easy and simple to setup.
>
>But...
>
>I'm having problems keeping the server running, it keeps crashing
>when it does an expire or a rebuild of any kind.
>
>The error I'm seeing is...
>
>26 02:03:28 :info: Group clear cache
>26 02:03:28 :info: Group clear cache - done
>26 02:03:28 :warn: Checking index for consistency (nightly check)
>26 02:03:28 :error: Memory exceeded USER1:[SRC.DNEWS]DB.C;61:5979, 141248
>bytes
>, total 19788014
>
>The machine is an Alpha with 256 MEG of physical RAM running
>OpenVMS v7.2
>
>I'm kinda new to OpenVMS and I've tried everything I can think
>of to solve this, but so far no luck, it just keep crashing with
>memory errors.
>
>Anyone have any ideas? I would like to see this running so
>I can tell the client to go ahead and purchase it as it will
>do what they want.
Hi, you need to increase the system/process/user limits for memory use so
that dnews
can actuallly use more memory. The main limit settings will be in
dnews_start.com
where they are set in the run command, double or tripple the existing settings.
You may also need to increase the system limits for workspace as well I don't
recall precisely.
And as a side note, I recommend using dnews on NT or Linux in preference to
VMS if you have the choice (I've got nothing against VMS, but frankly dnews
does
run better on some other platforms where it is more heavily used).
ChrisP.
