erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) (04/03/89)
Well, here's the error: pathalias: out of memory (2460k allocated); notify the authorities I have this sneaking suspicion that I can only allocate 2460k per process under my flavor of unix. (3b1 Unix 3.0, kinda like Sys V rel 0.0). Any hints/solutions? -- J. Eric Townsend | Skate UNIX or die, segmented memory suckers! uunet!sugar!flatline!erict bellcore!texbell!/ 511 Parker #2 |EastEnders Mailing List: Inet: cosc5fa@george.uh.edu Houston,Tx,77007 |eastender@flatline.UUCP
judy@moray.UUCP (Judy Scheltema) (04/03/89)
In article <459@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) writes: >pathalias: out of memory (2460k allocated); notify the authorities >I have this sneaking suspicion that I can only allocate 2460k per >process under my flavor of unix. (3b1 Unix 3.0, kinda like Sys V rel 0.0). It's not your flavor of Unix per se. I get the same thing under 3.51. I've learned to just wait until I catch the machine fairly quiet (under .20 by Lenny Tropiano's sysinfo daemon) and then run my mk.paths script, although it's sometimes quite a while before I can catch moray not doing some kind of batching/unbatching. I would love to hear other solutions who have solved the problem without having to resort to my solution. -- Judy Scheltema | uunet!nuchat!moray!judy | shell!moray!judy Houston, Texas | bellcore!texbell!moray!judy Fido address: 1:106/889.5 | urchin.fidonet.org!judy
lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) (04/05/89)
In article <459@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) writes: |> |>Well, here's the error: |>pathalias: out of memory (2460k allocated); notify the authorities |> |> |>I have this sneaking suspicion that I can only allocate 2460k per |>process under my flavor of unix. (3b1 Unix 3.0, kinda like Sys V rel 0.0). |> |>Any hints/solutions? This is strange. On my UNIX pc, I'm running a pathalias every night, after it runs uuhosts -unbatch (which unbatches new posted maps safely). I'm running 3.51 (actually a variant thereof) and pathalias'ing all the d.*, u.*, and my local map.* files. This is the output I get, which incidently has been working fine here for decades (well 2 years actually): rehash into 2039 rehash into 3067 rehash into 5113 rehash into 8179 rehash into 13309 rehash into 21499 rehash into 34807 16997 vertices, 39445 edges allocation is 1408k after parsing *** mapping heap high water mark was 5610 498 backlinks heap high water mark was 498 7 backlinks heap high water mark was 9 0 backlinks You can't get there from here: ideia .labein.es obelix eupa.upv.es labein.es .nsi.es nsi allocation is 1480k after mapping allocation is 1480k after printing memory allocator wasted 1980 bytes This is only 1480k, not 2460k? What are you trying to pathalias? Granted I have 3.5MB in my machine ... that might have something to do with it ;-) I thought the only limit on this virtual memory machine was the size of the swap space, after you allocated too much, it would fill the swap space up and then die (this has happened to me). I've also gotten "Killed" when trying to start compresses when my system is utilizing lots of memory. -Lenny -- Lenny Tropiano ICUS Software Systems [w] +1 (516) 582-5525 lenny@icus.islp.ny.us Telex; 154232428 ICUS [h] +1 (516) 968-8576 {talcott,decuac,boulder,hombre,pacbell,sbcs}!icus!lenny attmail!icus!lenny ICUS Software Systems -- PO Box 1; Islip Terrace, NY 11752
judy@moray.UUCP (Judy Scheltema) (04/05/89)
In article <654@icus.islp.ny.us> lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) writes: >In article <459@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) writes: >|>Well, here's the error: >|>pathalias: out of memory (2460k allocated); notify the authorities >This is strange. On my UNIX pc, I'm running a pathalias every night, after >it runs uuhosts -unbatch (which unbatches new posted maps safely). I'm >running 3.51 (actually a variant thereof) and pathalias'ing all the I'm getting the same error frequently. I have found that if I wait until the system is relatively quiet (<.20 according to your sysinfo), I can *usually* get the paths file to make, but I am only able to do the *usa* maps. I have tried doing an entire set of maps, and I barely get the files unshared before it errors out. I too, have a machine with 2M of memory. I have seen the allocated 2460k of memory error once, but just figured some went wrong and it was a fluke. I have a feeling it has a lot to do with the fact that you have 3.5M of memory. -- Judy Scheltema | uunet!nuchat!moray!judy | shell!moray!judy Houston, Texas | bellcore!texbell!moray!judy Fido address: 1:106/889.5 | urchin.fidonet.org!judy
honey@mailrus.cc.umich.edu (peter honeyman) (04/07/89)
you should consider the possibility that the "2640 meg allocated" report is in error -- pathalias makes certain assumptions about the structure of malloc-ed memory, which may be invalid on your machine. (read the code for details.) not that this helps ... it sounds to me like your machine has trouble with pathalias' use of a large address space. peter
erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) (04/12/89)
I think i'm on to a solution: I normally run pathalias by te method of: cat files | pathalias -args > file; sort file > file; etc Lenny suggested: pathalias -args files > file The second method works! It does *not* blow up my machine. Note: Don't try and run two concurrent pathalias jobs on a 3b1 at once, even 3.5Mb RAM isn't enough room... -- J. Eric Townsend | "Enter, oh seeker of knowledge... That's *YOU*, fathead!" uunet!sugar!flatline!erict bellcore!texbell!/ 511 Parker #2 |EastEnders Mailing List: Inet: cosc5fa@george.uh.edu Houston,Tx,77007 |eastender@flatline.UUCP Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.sys.att.,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: pathalias problem: out of memory type error Summary: Expires: References: <470@flatline.UUCP> <1042@mailrus.cc.umich.edu> <22@desint.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) Followup-To: Distribution: usa Organization: Cold Lampin With Flav' Keywords: I think i'm on to a solution: I normally run pathalias by te method of: cat files | pathalias -args > file; sort file > file; etc Lenny suggested: pathalias -args files > file The second method works! It does *not* blow up my machine. Note: Don't try and run two concurrent pathalias jobs on a 3b1 at once, even 3.5Mb RAM isn't enough room... -- J. Eric Townsend | "Enter, oh seeker of knowledge... That's *YOU*, fathead!" uunet!sugar!flatline!erict bellcore!texbell!/ 511 Parker #2 |EastEnders Mailing List: Inet: cosc5fa@george.uh.edu Houston,Tx,77007 |eastender@flatline.UUCP