> The Mac defaults are WOEFULLY inadequate (IIRC, I think
> they are normally set at 64 MB).

The defaults are pretty much the same on both platforms, btw.

-z

On Feb 7, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Thomas Russ wrote:

>
> On Feb 7, 2006, at 12:09 AM, madafu87 wrote:
>
> >  now when i
> > try to scale the map, it says that i have run out of memory, which
> > is highly unlikely (1.25
> > Gb), at least under what i would consider normal operation (?)
>
> The problem here is that the Java VM is restricted by parameters to
> the maximum amount of heap memory that will be allocated.  It cannot
> use the full installed memory unless the memory parameters are set
> high enough.  The Mac defaults are WOEFULLY inadequate (IIRC, I think
> they are normally set at 64 MB).  You will need to set the "mx"
> switch (max heap size) to something more reasonable in order to avoid
> sluggish performance or out of memory errors.  I forget exactly how
> to do this with the jnlp files, though.
>
> Another, more obscure, possibility is that it has to do with a
> problem with the hardware graphics acceleration.  That affects
> certain of the G4 models.  In my experience with a G4 TiBook, it even
> affects systems that Apple claims don't have a problem.  The symptom
> is claiming to run out of memory, typically when scaling a map.  The
> solution is to turn off hardware acceleration.  There is some
> information I found a while ago about that issue in the osXnotes.html
> file.
>
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