I don't have the seed email but was this user trying to import a lengthy file series using the Sequencer? There was a problem in the commercial version circa 3.1.2 which got fixed but may have crept back into OpenDX: When the number of files ran into the thousands, DX would run out of memory because Import didn't call fclose.
-ba Richard Gillilan wrote: > > I've seen what may be a symptom of the same problem and I've seen it for a > very long time, even with the commercial DX. When I run DX on a remote > machine (SGI Irix 6.5 with OpenDX in the most recent case) through > an X window on my local SGI (with setenv DISPLAY) I have noticed that > the Xsgi process on my local machine (owned by root) grows and grows > with every use of DX until memory is exceeded and very bad things happen > (X dies and sometimes the whole machine dies). At first I thought this was > related to my use of hardware rendering, but it also happens in software > mode too. The only way to clean up Xsgi's memory that I know of is to > do a console reboot using the magic key combination (control-shift-/-F12). > I don't recall if this happens when I run from the commercial version of DX > on the IBM SP2, but I'll bet it does. I'll see if I can do a few more tests. > > Richard > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ps. please respond on opendx-dev, since that is the only list I'm on right > now. > > Thanks -- Dr. A. Ballard Andrews Senior Research Scientist Schlumberger Doll Research Old Quarry Road Ridgefield, CT 06877 tel: 203-431-5522 fax: 5521
