Hi Torsten Thanks for that, I didn't know about this Cygwin tweak. I might try it for my Perl issues, but the ActiveState version of Perl is now my default and I will probably stay there.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Torsten Hofmann Sent: 09 February 2004 14:35 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [opendx-users] memory problems with cygwin openDX on Windows98 Peter Connolly wrote: > Hi Allen > > I think this is an issue with the cygwin memory mapping/allocation. I > have large memory rquiirement perl scripts that run fine as a native > compile but fail under cygwin with out of memory. I have never got > Cygwinto use all the available memory, independent of the application. > I just added DX to my list! > > I would follow the advice of many (most) windows users here and spend > the few dollars on the Vis Solutions windows version. These work > really well and utilise the entire memory you allocate. This is the > most sensible solution when comparing it to the long hours it will > take you to, perhaps, get the cygwin version doing what you want. Well, I'm no expert on cygwin - being most of the time on linux :-) - but maybe this could help you: http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-maxmem.html The limit of 24 MB experienced by Allen seems a bit low, but maybe the webpage helps nevertheless ... Cheers, Torsten > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen > H. Nugent > Sent: 08 February 2004 00:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [opendx-users] memory problems with cygwin openDX on Windows > 98 > > > Dear DXplorers, > > I posed this question before Christmas, but I didn't get any advice > that > > was pertinent to the Windows 98 platform, and I thought it might have > been largely subordinated by holiday preparations. > > I can't get DX to use more than 24 MB, although I have 512 MB > installed. > > This means it crashes with big data sets, medium-sized "Save Image" > requests, or mouse-driven Rotate operations of medium-sized data sets in > > the Image control. > > The command > $ DX -memory 256 > > has no effect. > > Is there a configuration tweak I can make, or is this an absolute > limitation of cygwin openDX on Win98? > > > Allen H. Nugent > Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering > University of New South Wales > Sydney NSW 2052 Australia > Tel: +61 2 9385 3916 Fax: +61 2 9663 2108
