root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) (10/26/88)
In article <3700006@eecs.nwu.edu> skrenta@eecs.nwu.edu (Richard Skrenta) writes: >Just a simple question here. I'm trying to get Micro Gnu Emacs to work >under 286 Xenix 2.0.4. It compiles fine and makes a 67K executable. When >I try to run it, however, it says "mg: too big". I've run programs much >bigger than this, and I can't find any reference to that error message in >my manuals. Does anyone know what "too big" refers to here? I don't have the answer to this one, but I can shed a little light on the subject. Since installing VP/ix on conexch I have been having similar errors when attempting to run, of all things, uustat, and attempting to run spell results in: table = malloc(0xc848) fails sbrk(0) = 0x3868 spell: cannot initialize hash table This is with Xenix 386 2.3.0. I noticed that vpixadm added two additional PATH entries to an already long PATH string. So, first I removed several shell functions from my environment; no change. Next, I shortened the PATH to just /bin:/usr/bin. Success! All runs as before. I have no explanation for this. It is annoying. Larry Dighera -- USPS: The Consultants' Exchange, PO Box 12100, Santa Ana, CA 92712 TELE: (714) 842-6348: BBS (N81); (714) 842-5851: Xenix guest account (E71) UUCP: conexch Any ACU 2400 17148425851 ogin:-""-ogin:-""-ogin: nuucp UUCP: ...!uunet!turnkey!conexch!root || ...!trwrb!ucla-an!conexch!root